The personal is political: Honoring Marra PL Lanot

The personal is political: Honoring Marra PL Lanot

“I exist in two places: here, and where you are.”— Margaret Atwood I was not part of Marra Lanot’s closely knit circle of friends. I came to know her through her husband, Pete Lacaba. Pete and I, together with Lino Brocka, Mike de Leon, Behn Cervantes, Ishmael Bernal, Lito Tiongson, Mel Chionglo, and several others, set up the film and audio visual committee of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP). That was the height of people’s resis…