
Powaqqatsi(1988)
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

With interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and Raymond Red, Beyond Mainstream documents the robust energy of nascent independent filmmaking in the country in the 80s. Based on Nick Deocampo's first book Short Film: The Emergence of a New Philippine Cinema (1985), it features the first Independent Film and Video Festival held in the Wave Cinema in Cubao, Quezon City, the first video theater in the country.

Lamberto V. Avellana

Mike Alcazaren

Raymond Red
Nick De Ocampo

Lino Brocka

Kanakan-Balintagos

Carlos Siguion-Reyna

Larry Manda
Cynthia Cruz
Narrator

Ricardo Lee
Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema is a documentary film released in 1986. Directed by Josephine Atienza, it stars Lamberto V. Avellana, Mike Alcazaren, Raymond Red. With interviews with National Artists Lamberto Avellana and Lino Brocka and myriad talents from the Mowelfund community such as Nick Deocampo and Raymond Red, Beyond Mainstream documents the robust energy of nascent independent filmmaking in the country in the 80s. Based on Nick Deocampo's first book Short Film: The Emergence of a New Philippine Cinema (1985), it features the first Independent Film and Video Festival held in the Wave Cinema in Cubao, Quezon City, the first video theater in the country.
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