Sakada

Sakada (The Tenants, also Seasonal Sugarcane Workers) is a 1976 Philippine social-realist film about the ordeals of sugarcane farmers on the island of Negros in the Philippines. It is "a thinly-veiled criticism of the country's feudal power structure." The film was directed by Behn Cervantes and written by Oscar Miranda (story) and Lualhati Bautista (screenplay). Music was done by Lucio San Pedro. It starred Alicia Alonzo, Robert Arevalo, Hilda Koronel, Pancho Magalona, Bembol Roco, Gloria Romero, Rosa Rosal, and Tony Santos Sr. The movie spent three weeks in theaters before Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos ordered the military to seize copies of the film. The director was also arrested under the order of Marcos. Sakada was first screened on Philippine television in 2005. Musical scorer Lutgardo Labad described the film as "a major cinematic coup that unearthed the inhuman conditions of our people then." Cast Cast Alicia Alonzo as Aurora del Mundo Robert Arevalo as Salvador "Badong" del Mundo Hilda Koronel as Ester del Mundo Pancho Magalona as Don Manuel Montemayor Bembol Roco as David Gloria Romero as Doña Consuelo Montemayor Rosa Rosal as Dolores del Mundo Tony Santos Sr. as Arsenio "Arsing" del Mundo Joseph Sytangco as Juan Miguel Montemayor Menggie Cobarrubias as Andres Cris Michelena as Alex Nena Perez Rubio as Nelia Mervyn Samson as Contreras Cris Vertido as Father Vic