A student leader dared to fight a dictator. Spoiler: the regime played dirty.
EDJOP tells the story of student activist Edgar Jopson, who was killed in Davao during Martial Law in the Philippines.
Acting
Elijah Canlas carries the weight of a generation's silenced voices.
Direction
Flores refuses to sanitize the brutality of political murder.
Production
Period detail that makes 1980s Davao feel dangerously alive.
Director
Katski Flores
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edjop was only 34 when killed. He'd already been tortured once and escaped, then chose to keep organizing.
The film arrives as Marcos Jr. sits in power—making Edjop's story either dangerous memory or performative nostalgia, depending on who funds the next screening.
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