Philippines fired up over Imelda Marcos documentary

Amid Duterte controversy, 'The Kingmaker' raises fresh fears over comeback of a fallen dynasty

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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

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.

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