The title of the harrowing documentary, "Aswang," refers to the myth of "a ... that give viewers a queasy "you are there" feeling of life on these unforgiving city streets. Arumpac includes ...

“Aswang” exposes the real-life horror under the Duterte administration’s controversial "War on Drugs". “In 2016, a machinery was set in motion to execute suspected drug peddlers ...

“Do aswang really exist? Are they real or just imaginary, mere products of our imagination? Have you come across any case about this thing? Any encounter with anyone who claims to have seen or ...

Where that film painted a fictionalized account of life in the Philippine capital, "Aswang" is all too real. While the documentary covers a lot of ground, a significant chunk of the narrative centers ...

Remember that) a weeping mother is heard halfway through the trailer of “Aswang.” While the title alludes to mythological creatures, the documentary chronicles real-life events. If you’ve ...

Contemporary Filipinos have humorously deconstructed and reconstructed the aswang and its beastly kin ... relatively undamaged culture’s inner life far richer than obsessive politics.

Alyx Ayn Arumpac’s debut feature-length documentary Aswang paints a grim but compassionate, compelling picture of present-day life on Manila’s exceedingly mean streets. Examining the painful ...

MANILA, Philippines—Retired Archbishop Oscar Cruz says the aswang (Philippine ghoul ... “Culture is already part of the life of a person, that’s why it can be very hard to remove ...

Aswang documents the first two years of President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody campaign against illegal drugs. The “war,” spearheaded by Philippine police, has been criticized for targetting ...

Human rights learning center Active Vista announced on its social media pages that Aswang will be available for free streaming on this link for a week, from March 11 to 18. Directed by Alyx ...