Who’s afraid of Erap life docu? - Malaya 08.24.2006
SEN. Jose "Jinggoy" Estrada yesterday said no amount of censorship or X-rating could prevent his family from releasing a 57-minute documentary on the life of President Joseph Estrada.
The neophyte senator was reacting to the decision of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board to give an X-rating to the documentary for supposedly containing anti-government propaganda.
Under an X-rating, a movie is deemed unfit for public exhibition.
Estrada denies this. "It features the life story of President Erap and how he became president," he said.
"Ang Buhay Para sa Masa" which was produced by Public Asia Inc., features the deposed leader’s childhood, school days, his showbiz career and his ascendancy to the presidency.
"Pamimigay natin ’yung CD sa mga tao. Wala namang bawal doon at saka hindi naman pirated ’yun," he said.
He said the move of MTRCB was not surprising.
He said Malacañang would do all it could to prevent the truth from coming out.
"Siguro, dahil lahat ng nasa CD ’yung nakalagay doon ay nangyayari sa ating bansa so walang dapat katakutan," he said.
Estrada lawyer Rufus Rodriguez said they will ask for the board to reconsider its decision.
He said the board has scheduled a second viewing on the controversial film.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said an X-rating is not limited to materials with extreme violence or explicit sex.
Ermita, a member of the board, said when they crafted the criteria used by the MTRCB in its review and classification functions, they stated that there should be a moral and redeeming value in the theme or story of the submitted material.
He said this lack of "moral and redeeming value" could be one of the factors which the MTRCB considered in giving an X-rating to the documentary.
"Hindi natin alam ang storyline at ang criteria na sinusunod ng MTRCB but because former President Estrada is a political figure, siguro it cannot be helped if people will think siguro binubuweltahan siya or something. It’s not true. It’s just the action of the MTRCB," he added. – Dennis Gadil and Jocelyn Montemayor
The neophyte senator was reacting to the decision of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board to give an X-rating to the documentary for supposedly containing anti-government propaganda.
Under an X-rating, a movie is deemed unfit for public exhibition.
Estrada denies this. "It features the life story of President Erap and how he became president," he said.
"Ang Buhay Para sa Masa" which was produced by Public Asia Inc., features the deposed leader’s childhood, school days, his showbiz career and his ascendancy to the presidency.
"Pamimigay natin ’yung CD sa mga tao. Wala namang bawal doon at saka hindi naman pirated ’yun," he said.
He said the move of MTRCB was not surprising.
He said Malacañang would do all it could to prevent the truth from coming out.
"Siguro, dahil lahat ng nasa CD ’yung nakalagay doon ay nangyayari sa ating bansa so walang dapat katakutan," he said.
Estrada lawyer Rufus Rodriguez said they will ask for the board to reconsider its decision.
He said the board has scheduled a second viewing on the controversial film.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said an X-rating is not limited to materials with extreme violence or explicit sex.
Ermita, a member of the board, said when they crafted the criteria used by the MTRCB in its review and classification functions, they stated that there should be a moral and redeeming value in the theme or story of the submitted material.
He said this lack of "moral and redeeming value" could be one of the factors which the MTRCB considered in giving an X-rating to the documentary.
"Hindi natin alam ang storyline at ang criteria na sinusunod ng MTRCB but because former President Estrada is a political figure, siguro it cannot be helped if people will think siguro binubuweltahan siya or something. It’s not true. It’s just the action of the MTRCB," he added. – Dennis Gadil and Jocelyn Montemayor
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