‘Delikado’ docu about 3 Palawan ecowarriors to close Active Vista human rights fest tonight

“We want to get the film shown as widely as possible, more importantly, to where similar battles are fought,” said Australian filmmaker Karl Malakunas, whose documentary, titled “Delikado,” will mark the end of the 10th edition of the Active Vista International Human Rights Festival tonight.

“Delikado” follows three environmental crusaders Robert “Bobby” Chan, Efren “Tata” Balladeres, and Nieves Rosento confront betrayal and murder as they battle to save Palawan, an island paradise famed as the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier.”

It is a timely film emblematic of the struggles globally for land defenders as they are being killed in record numbers while trying to save natur…

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