The choice is ours
- Uniform Title(s):
- Choice is ours (Family Planning Organization of the Philippines)
- Contributor(s):
- Lorenzo, Conrado Ll., on-screen presenter Concepción, Mercedes B., 1928- on-screen presenter Apelo, Ruben, on-screen presenter Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989, on-screen presenter Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, presenter. International Planned Parenthood Federation, presenter. Vision Associates, production company.
- Publication:
- Manila : Family Planning Organization of the Philippines, 1970
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Moving image
- Subject(s):
- Family Planning Services Population Growth Socioeconomic Factors Urbanization Philippines
- Genre(s):
- Documentaries and Factual Films
- Abstract:
- This film begins by showing Filipino women in labor in an over-crowded delivery room where newborns share tiny plastic cots, two per bed, immediately after birth. Over evocative footage of the Philippines in the early 1970s, the film describes the rapid rise in population in the Philippines and its impact, driving migration to the cities, unemployment, health problems and overall poverty. Ruben Apelo, President of the Family Planning Association of the Philippines speaks about the difficulties in implementing a working contraceptive policy given the strong Catholic faith in the country. The film ends with a speech by Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines, who advocates population control and the work of the Family Planning Association.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 018 min.
- Color:
- Color
- Sound:
- Sound
- Cast:
- Dr. Conrado Lorenzo; Dr. Mercedes Concepcion; Dr. Ruben Apelo; His Excellency, Ferdinand Marcos.
- Technique:
- Live action
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918227266206676 (See catalog record)
- OCLC no.:
- 779755768
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918227266206676