anarchy

Bec produced and commissioned this documentary as her first collaboration with Jess Kohl. The war on drugs in the Philippines is relatively unspoken about in the mainstream media, despite the persistent violence and killings that have occurred since Rodrigo Duterte was elected as president in 2016. Filmmaker and visual artist Jess Kohl discovered a thriving punk scene in Manila and Tarlac. With the intention of giving a voice to the people who are suffering from a war that is targeting them, Kohl’s short film Anarchy in the Philippines focuses on an underground community, living on the outskirts of a society where looking different is a courageous act. Through Kohl’s intimate close-up filming style, we see the power, the anger, and the sweat that the punk scene exudes; getting up close and personal with the way that these punks dress, the tattoos they engrave on their bodies, and the music they lose themselves in.