poverty,election,manila philippines,slum dweller,boys' love (bl)

Slingshot (2007)

Poster for Slingshot

A tribute to the real potential of digital cinema, Slingshot is a slum epic on steroids. It weaves stories left and right into a shocking tableau about life for the lowest of the low in the Philippines poorest and most crime-ridden districts. National elections are coming up so in the usual attempt to appear “tough-on-crime”, The Big Boys have been sent into crack down on the the local squatters, thieves and miscreants who litter the film like broken bottle. And since no sweep is ever a clean sweep, the cops brutal shock-force tactics quickly ripple outwards with jagged repurcussions.

Cast & Crew

Director
Brillante Ma Mendoza
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    Jiro Manio
  • Profile picture of Coco Martin
    Coco Martin
  • Profile picture of Kristoffer King
    Kristoffer King
  • Profile picture of Jaclyn Jose
    Jaclyn Jose
  • Profile picture of Julio Diaz
    Julio Diaz
  • Profile picture of Simon Ibarra
    Simon Ibarra

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Keywords

  • poverty
  • election
  • manila philippines
  • slum dweller
  • boys' love (bl)