Name: Dizon, Mareca R.

Section: BSBA FM 2-B

ENGAGING ACTIVITY: 
Reflection paper
Watch a film featuring the Philippine Revolution or the Reform movement. It could
be Rizal in Dapitan, heneral Luna, the series, Katipunan, Sakay, or any similar film.
Notice the roles of women play and reflect on the accuracy of the portrayals. How
empowered were the women in these films? Indicate the Name of the Film that you
have watched.

HENERAL LUNA

"Heneral Luna" is a compelling, warts-and-all portrait of Gen. Antonio Luna, the

brilliant and abrasive strategist whose command of troops in the Philippine-
American War (1899–1902) was brought to an end by betrayal from within his own
hierarchy. It is one of the most expensive and highest-grossing Filipino films of all
time. A wake-up call that shows us that some things simply never change, Heneral
Luna is more than just a movie. Its claim is that because we Filipinos lack a feeling of
nationalism and patriotism and are driven by self-interest, we are our own greatest
adversaries. How much power did the women have in these movies? In these movie,
there is gender equality; women perform male-specific tasks. Women in the
Philippines contributed to all of these significant historical changes with Filipino men.
They played a variety of roles during the revolutionary era, like becoming
messengers, soldiers, nurses, fund-raisers, spies, and so on. Currently, one is the
work that both men and women do. Women are oppressed through the whole
period. They are still unable to defend themselves since they are afraid that soldiers
will harm or kill them once they do. Filipino women participated actively in the
Philippine Revolution (1896–1902), performing a wide range of tasks like treating
wounded soldiers even though they were afraid because of the situation.