LifePhilippines fired up over Imelda Marcos documentary
Amid Duterte controversy, 'The Kingmaker' raises fresh fears over comeback of a fallen dynasty
A portrait of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos taken by Lauren Greenfield during the filming of "The Kingmaker." (Courtesy of Evergreen Pictures/Lauren Greenfield)
WILLIAM MELLOR, Contributing writer
February 19, 2020 12:00 JST
MANILA -- In 1976, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, the husband-and-wife duo who ruled the Philippines under martial law, evicted 254 families from an island named Calauit and replaced them with African animals shipped from Kenya in latter-day echoes of Noah's Ark.