Juan Tamad Goes To The Moon

Khavn De La Cruz

Philippines / 2018 / Experimental / 5’0”I1902355

Juan Tamad Goes To The Moon
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SYNOPSIS

Three years before George Melies' "Le Voyage dans la Lune" and ten years before Segundo de Chomon's "Excursion En La Luna", indigenous proto-surrealist Filipino filmmaker Narding Salome Exelsio made "Nagtungo si Juan Tamad sa Buwan" in 1898 while the Philippines were being sold by Spain to America for twenty million dollars (VAT not included).

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