Corazon Aquino

Acting
1933-01-25
Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines

Biography

Maria Corazon "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino served as the eleventh President of the Philippines from 1986 - 1992. She was an instrumental figure in the 1986 People Power Revolution, ending two decade rule of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles

#1Panorama

Drama Series - 1953, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
DocumentaryNews

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.

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#2World in Action

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
NewsDocumentary

World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998, and built a reputation for film-led investigative reporting and a forceful editorial stance. Its journalism produced major public and political repercussions—including investigations associated with miscarriages of justice such as the Birmingham Six—and it also served as a platform for landmark documentary projects, including the first broadcast of “Seven Up!” as part of the strand in 1964.

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#3People Power

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m as Herself (archive footage)

8.8 / 10
DocumentaryDrama

An exploration of non-violence as the means to achieving social reforms, focusing on the downfall of Pinochet in Chile, the Palestinian Intifada, and Cory Aquino's "people power" revolution in the Philippines.

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#4Batas Militar

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m as Herself

10.0 / 10
Documentary

"Batas Militar" is a definitive documentary about martial law under the dictatorship of former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines.

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#5Papogi

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Herself

8.8 / 10
Documentary

Documentary program covers Philippine politics in the age of mass media and how the behavior of Philippine voters is based on images they have of government and society. Because an effective image is so important, spin doctors have evolved as star players on a president's team, partly due to the influence from U.S. politics.

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#6People Power

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m as Herself

7.0 / 10
Documentary

Documentary to trace the origins of People Power in history, to determine how it has strengthened democratic institutions in the Philippines, and to see where it is headed, despite the distractions and corruptions we have been seeing these past two years.

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#7Evolution of a Filipino Family

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Corazon Aquino (archive footage)

7.8 / 10
Drama

Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power.

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#8Coup D'etat: The Philippines Revolt

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m as self

8.8 / 10
Documentary

Peter Couchman presents this story, which documents the four days leading up to the overthrow of the Philippines Marcos government in 1986.

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#9The Last Journey of Ninoy

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m as Self

6.0 / 10
Documentary

It is about the story of the final days of Aquino from 12 August 1983 to 21 August till he was assassinated at the Manila International Airport. It features interviews and commentaries from Aquino's wife and former Philippine president, Corazon Aquino.

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#10A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Herself

10.0 / 10
Documentary

A chronicle of the three points of a political triangle — the legal left, the illegal (armed) revolution, and the enemy which threatens them both: the armed reactionary right. It is 1987. The dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos has just been overthrown. Newly elected President Corazon Aquino struggles to wrench control of the country from her own military. A Rustling of Leaves poses the key question facing the revolutionaries and the Filipino Left: Should the People’s Movement continue the guerilla war, or do they dare enter legal politics and reveal the hidden face of the revolution?

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