Denmark / Mar 25, 2019 / CPH: DOX
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The searing story of President Duterte's bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the war - the Manila police, and an ordinary family from the slum. Shot in the style of a thriller, this observational film combines the look and feel of a narrative feature film with a real life revelatory journalistic investigation into a campaign of killings. The film uncovers a murky world where crime, drugs and politics meet in a deathly embrace - and reveal that although the police have been publicly ordered to stop extra-judicial killings, the deaths continue.
Main cast
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | On the President's Orders |
| Original language | TL |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Doc Society |
| Official site | onthepresidentsorders.com |
| Release date | 25 marzo 2019 |
| Editing | Dale Gorman |
| Assistant directors | Olivier Sarbil, James Jones |
Release dates
Premiere
Canada / Apr 27, 2019 / Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
United Kingdom / Jun 07, 2019 / Sheffield Doc/Fest
United States / Jun 15, 2019 / Human Rights Festival, NYC
Editorial content to complete
6 sections to complete. You can show them now and start filling them in.














