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On the President's Orders

Storyville film that tells the story of President Duterte's bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented access to people on both sides of the war.

The searing story of President Duterte's bloody campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to those on both sides of the war - the Manila police, and an ordinary family from the Calocan slums.

Shot in the style of a thriller, this observational film combines the look and feel of a narrative feature film with a real-life journalistic investigation into a campaign of killings. The film uncovers a murky world where crime, drugs and politics meet in a deathly embrace - and reveal that although the police have been publicly ordered to stop extra-judicial killings, the deaths continue.

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Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Adolfo Agustin
Interviewed Guest Will Cabrales
Interviewed Guest Octavio Deimos
Interviewed Guest Orly Fernandez
Interviewed Guest Axel Martinez
Director James Jones
Director Oliver Sarbil
Producer James Jones
Producer Daniel Edge
Executive Producer Daniel Edge

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