The Bells of Balangiga
Pintig Cultural Group
Pintig Cultural Group
"Freedom or treachery--what will your verdict be?" the opening song of this musical asks. The answer is obvious--who wouldn't cheer for brave third world people fighting to defend themselves against the foreign oppressors who occupy their homeland? Of course in this case we are the foreign oppressors, and it's President McKinley's manifest destiny against which the Filipino guerrillas struggle.
11/13/97 - 11/13/97
The Bells of Balangiga reaches beyond simple agitprop pageantry and emerges as an ambitious, professional production that explores a chapter in history that's still relevant to mainstream audiences.
--Mary Shen Barnidge