Memories of a Forgotten War

The FilipinoAmerican War is quite possibly the past centurys least known armed conflict especially troubling as its horrors foreshadowed so many of the horrors to come Everything that we later saw in the Korean Vietnam and most recently the Gulf Wars from water boarding to searchanddestroy tactics already happened during the USAs first major civilizing mission abroad as it was sold to the public at the time In the decade following the SpanishAmerican War more Filipinos were killed by US troops than by the Spanish during the 300 years of colonial rule More than 1 million Filipinos died between 1899 and 1913 This experimental documentary about the PhilippineAmerican War of 1899 combines archival photographs and turn of the century film digital video and 16mm footage to create memories of a forgotten history A contemporary FilipinaAmerican narrator weaves this complex history through historiography experimental documentary and intercultural cinema