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Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?

1994·Documentary·2h 55m
7.1
Inspired by a trip to Monument Valley and the Navajo Nation while en route to the Telluride Film Festival, Tahimik and his eldest son Kidlat Gottlieb Kalayaan use the "spaghetti machine" (Tahimik's nickname for his Bolex camera) to make their own "spaghetti western." The decade-long path of the film encompasses the assassination of Benigno Aquino and the subsequent Yellow Revolution that brought Corazon Aquino to power, the decommissioning of the US air base Camp John Hay, and the younger Kidlat's trajectory through school, all shown through a Third World Projector salvaged from a junk pile on Navajo land.
Directed by Kidlat Tahimik

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Kidlat Tahimik
Kidlat Tahimik
Director
Kidlat Tahimik
Kidlat Tahimik
Writer
Kidlat Tahimik
Kidlat Tahimik
Editor
Kidlat Tahimik
Kidlat Tahimik
Director of Photography
Boy Yñiguez
Boy Yñiguez
Director of Photography

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Jackson Lang
Jackson Lang
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Documentation of the frustratingly unstoppable tide of imperial globalization.

Made on a nothing budget over the course of 10 years its really cool from pretty much every angle you look at it. Incredible that this was made at all. Was a bit disappointed in its condemnation of imperialism and capitalism However. I think considering the the incredible historical moments that are captured in this, it could’ve been a lot more scathing than it is.

Outside of that this is really great. A testament to the pursuit of the creation of art regardless of circumstance.
Documentation of the frustratingly unstoppable tide of imperial globalization.

Made on a nothing budget over the course of 10 years its really cool from pretty much every angle you look at it. Incredible that this was made at all. Was a bit disappointed in its condemnation of imperialism and capitalism However. I think considering the the incredible historical moments that are captured in this, it could’ve been a lot more scathing than it is.

Outside of that this is really great. A testament to the pursuit of the creation of art regardless of circumstance.
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