Brocka’s ‘Maynila’ at MoMA

HILDA Koronel and Bembol Roco in “Maynila”

Lino Brocka’s “Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag” is currently showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The 1975 Filipino film will have week-long screenings at the MoMa until Feb. 12. New York Times critic Manohla Dargis wrote of “Maynila”: “It’s a de facto record of Manila in the 1970s.”Bayani San Diego Jr.

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