As a young boy I have this habit of watching at times clipping Movie Posters appearing in News papers and to me that was art, subtle yet an art form that tells a story. It is as if you have watched the movie already if you look into the posters.
One movie was the doc-drama on the events that led to the proclamation of martial law by then President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. on 21 September, 1972. It was entitled 100-days of September, Bayang Magiting.
The movie stars and features the late Eddie Garcia, George Estergan Boots Anson Roa , Dindo Fernando and Dante Rivero. These was an all star cast in those times.
The movie was forerunner, a prelude to a bigger event . Martial Law which occurred on the 21st of September . The plot was based on real events and to be honest about it . All told the movie was two years in the making and was previously banned for 9 years . It was explosive, or so they say, I was never given to watch the same. And in 1986, it was a time of tumult and movies were expensive then. But the 100 days of September Bayang Magiting, was a vivid tale of how series of connected events created Martial Law, it was big.
Right now, this is a very tumultuous yet interesting month. from 1978 to 2025, we are seeing a timeline of how it started then and culminated with a bang, these time its swelling again and there are Earthquakes of Scandals, Problems and Interesting Plot Twists. If we can make a movie this time it’s going to be The Hundred Earthquakes of September.
As a people we are amused and at times angry how corruption and bad deeds are being discovered daily and how we are seeing that every scandal is more than a jolt , it’s a high magnitude High Intensity Quake that almost certainly gears for a stronger Main Jolt .
Perhaps the Hundred Earthquakes will level-off and destroy the Corrupt System and the Mode of doing things that tramples people’s rights and pockets tax money or throw them in Casinos.
Let it shake, let it move, lets it topple the structure of evil.
