Bontoc Eulogy (1995)

Marlon E Fuentes Bontoc Eulogy is a haunting personal exploration into the filmmakers complex relationship with his Filipino heritage as explored through the almost unbelievable story of the 1100 Filipino tribal natives brought to the US to be a living exhibit at the 1904 St Louis Worlds Fair For those who associate the famous fair with Judy Garland clanging trolleys and creampuff victoriana Bontoc Eulogy offers a disturbing look at the cultural arrogance that went handinhand with the Fairs glorification of progress The Fair was the site of the worlds largest ever ethnological display rack in which hundreds of socalled primitive and savage men and women from all over the globe were exhibited in contrast to the achievements of Western civilization