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Moro: Directed by Brillante Mendoza. With Laurice Guillen, Piolo Pascual, Baron Geisler, Christopher De Leon. Jasim and Abdel are estranged brothers in Maguindanao, Philippines.
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- Drama
- Brillante Mendoza
- 2024-07-19
Moro-moro, also called comedia, the earliest known form of organized theater in the Philippines; it was created by Spanish priests. It began with a 1637 play that dramatized the recent capture by a Christian Filipino army of an Islamic stronghold.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 14, 2024 · MANILA -- The cast and crew of the Mindanao-based movie "Moro" got to see the fruit of their hard work on Sunday, in a private screening for the film in a hotel in Quezon City. Among those present were Piolo Pascual, Baron Geisler, actress-director Laurice Guillen, and director Brillante Mendoza.
Jul 21, 2024 · A Muslim mother named Mangindra (played by Laurice Guillen) agonizes over the lingering conflict between her two sons, Jasim (Piolo Pascual) and Abdel (Baron Geisler). They fight over a piece of land, but it turns out that only death will unite them.
This article presents two popular performances of historic Muslim-Christian ‘clashes’ in the Andalusian province of Granada: the Día de la Toma in the city of Granada and a Festival of Moors and Christians in a small village south of the Sierra Nevada.
- Nikki Briones
Dec 5, 2009 · Spanish colonizers used the term “Moro” as a derogatory term for Muslims and portrayed them in negative terms mainly because of their resistance to Spanish colonial rule and Christianity. The succeeding American administrators perpetuated the negative Muslim image through their description of Muslims in their reports and in cartoons ...
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Dec 14, 2009 · Moro-moro is a play that became popular in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period where the Moros were portrayed as perpetual villains who always lost to Christians in the end.
