And So It Begins

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And So It Begins

Released Nov 1, 2024

1h 55m

Documentary

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Amid Filipino elections, a grassroots movement emerges to protect truth and democracy from growing threats. People unite in joyful acts of resistance, kindling hope while autocracy expands.

Robert Daniels

RogerEbert.com

Ramona S. Diaz’s documentary is a shaggy, shapeless film.

Jan 25, 2024

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

Features neither the narrative and aesthetic intensity needed for an up-to-the-minute chronicle, nor the political depth required of such vital subject matter.

Jan 23, 2024

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

The ending will feel very familiar to anyone who experienced the aftermath of the 2024 election

Jun 6, 2025

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

I doubt there is a more frighteningly timely political film this year than Ramona S. Diaz’s And So It Begins...after November 5th, it plays like a How-To book for the Trump campaign–taken directly from the Hitler-Mussolini model.

Rated: B

Dec 19, 2024

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola

The Movie Buff

A fitting companion piece to “A Thousand Cuts,” “And So It Begins” is an insightful film that documents hope and the fight for democracy in a country mired in misinformation.

Rated: B

Jul 4, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

And So provides more chilling proof that fascism seems to be the rising political flavor of preference around the world, and that resistance is desperately needed.

May 10, 2024

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Synopsis

Amid Filipino elections, a grassroots movement emerges to protect truth and democracy from growing threats. People unite in joyful acts of resistance, kindling hope while autocracy expands.

Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Producer: Ramona S. Diaz
Screenwriter: Ramona S. Diaz
Distributor: Solar Pictures
Production Co: Cinediaz, Independent Lens, Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 55m