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2016, american, Bret Jackson, cinemalaya, Cinemalaya 2016, film review, independent film, indie, indie film, Jason paul laxamana, Kapampangan, mercury is mine, Movie review, Pokwang, xenocentrism
By Heinrich Domingo
Mercury is Mine challenges the viewers to mock and question their beliefs on American superiority. It is an intellectual critique on the long-held xenocentrism of Filipinos. Sadly, the audience has to suffer a bumpy ride before achieving a clear conclusion. They have to wince at times as some sequences go to a point of absurdity.
