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Philippine TV actor Ruru Madrid is set to fly to Spain with his fellow cast in an upcoming historical film titled Los Salvajes Bravos, which is a narrative about “Igorot savages.”
The film is set in the so-called “dark and significant chapter in Philippine-Spanish history”; the story is about an Igorot ex-soldier loyal to Spain and the group of “Igorot savages” (expedition to Madrid).
The term Igorot savages is a colonial-era stereotype used by Spanish and American colonizers to label the indigenous people of the Cordillera region in the Philippines.
Jesuit Communications Executive Director Rev. Fr. Emmanuel “Nono” Alfonso has said that the project is part of their continuing mission of telling historical and socially relevant stories.
According to Fr. Alfonso, via Inquirer, the upcoming film follows the footsteps of the movies they’ve produced – Ignacio de Loyola and Gomburza. They seek to use media to evangelize, educate, and stir the conscience of the people.
“Why tell the story now? It is because imperialism, racism, and tribalism remain with us, sometimes in obvious ways, sometimes in more subtle, insidious forms. To remember this painful story is to see ourselves more clearly and to ask hard questions about how we treat the poor, the marginalized, and those different among us.”
Director Paolo Dy described the film as something that represents the Philippines as the colonial masters would have preserved to see it.
Further saying, it seeks to show “a very haunting and disturbing circumstance” in the Philippine history.
The project follows Ruru’s success in the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) where he won Best Supporting Actor for the film Green Bones.
What part of the country’s history is about to be unlocked and disclosed to the public? It’s something to watch out.
