{"id":228874,"date":"2019-08-30T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T03:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=228874"},"modified":"2025-01-13T03:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T08:46:09","slug":"documentary-looks-at-political-comeback-of-imelda-marcos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/30\/documentary-looks-at-political-comeback-of-imelda-marcos\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary looks at political comeback of Imelda Marcos"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B0WfHy7ARxg\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B0WfHy7ARxg\/\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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Thanks to everyone who helped to make this happen&#8230;especially our partners at Showtime Networks, who will release the film theatrically in October 2019, my producer @frankevers, and everyone at Evergreen Pictures! #thekingmaker @showtime @girlculturefilms @instituteartist @frankevers #evergreenpictures #venicefilmfestival #venicefilmfestival2019 #thekingmaker  #kingmaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/greenfield_lauren\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> Lauren Greenfield<\/a> (@greenfield_lauren) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2019-07-25T19:23:59+00:00\">Jul 25, 2019 at 12:23pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>VENICE, Italy \u2014 Documentary filmmaker Lauren Greenfield started interviewing former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos four years ago thinking that it might be a redemption story for the then 85-year-old. 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He died in self-exile in Hawaii in 1989 but Imelda Marcos and her children returned to the Philippines where many have been elected to political office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started it attracted to Imelda Marcos because she was an iconic reference in the work I was doing on wealth,\u201d Greenfield said Friday in a press conference. She&#8217;d heard about extravagances \u2014 her 3,000 pairs of shoes and the island she turned into a wildlife sanctuary for exotic animals \u2014 but came to understand that there was another story brewing beyond the decadence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was taken in with her story and her history,\u201d Greenfield said. \u201c(But I) soon realized that the political comeback story was what I wanted to focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film chronicles Marcos&#8217; efforts to help her son Bongbong win the vice-presidency. 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