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The Manila Film Center is a building located at the southwest end of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex in Pasay, Philippines. The structure was designed by architect Froilan Hong where its edifice is supported on more than nine hundred piles [1] which reaches to the bed-rock about 120 feet below.
November 17 – Manila Film Center collapses, [7] killing 169 workers. November 24 – Typhoon Irma batters the northern part of the island of Luzon , killing more than 50 people. [ 5 ]
17 November 1981 - During the construction of the Manila Film Center, the scaffolding [132] collapsed, [133] [134] and at least 169 [135] [136] workers fell and were buried under quick-drying wet cement. [137] Seven people were officially listed as having been killed in the accident. [138]
Cultural profile of Lino Brocka from the "Order of National Artists" (National Commission for Culture and the Arts) Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema.
Imelda Romuáldez Marcos[4] (locally [ɪˈmelda ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician [5] and convicted criminal [6] who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial ...
Manila Film Center, Pasay: A major component of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, the facility was the site of a construction accident. Construction was rushed as the first Manila Film Festival neared, and on November 17, 1981, the scaffolding holding the fourth floor gave way, sending workers down to be entombed in the quick-drying ...
Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – October 8, 2012 [1]) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director.She was posthumously conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022, [2] she was the founder and president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines.
The sixth floor of the Manila Film Center collapses, killing a number of workers. Conflicting reports arose about the exact number of casualties. An urban legend later cites a figure 168 workers, with the project supervisor Betty Benitez becoming the 169th victim after her death in a freak car accident a few months later. [54] 1982: January