Note: While "Lampel Cojuangco" is often searched regarding politics , in cinema, it refers to and his wife Cory Cojuangco (a film producer), who funded some of Brocka’s most dangerous films. The "Bold" genre in the Philippines refers to erotic dramas. Beyond Skin: How Lampel Cojuangco Funded Lino Brocka’s Most Dangerous "Bold" Movies When we talk about "Bold Movies" in Philippine cinema, we usually think of cheap quickies: soft-core skin flicks shot in a week to fill theater quotas. But in the late 1970s and early 80s, something strange and brilliant happened. A wealthy political scion named Lampel Cojuangco decided to fund a national artist to make porn.

The "Lampel Cojuangco Bold Movies" are not erotica. They are . They are documentaries of the slums dressed as exploitation flicks.

The opening sequence is infamous. Angela is gang-raped by a group of men in a squatter shanty. It lasts for what feels like an eternity. It is not sexy. It is clinical . Brocka forces you to watch the violence without music, without glamour.

The violence and sex are inseparable. Brocka films love scenes like war zones. There is a sequence in a muddy river where a seduction turns into an attempted drowning. It is visceral, ugly, and raw.