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Bayaning Third World is a movie within a movie. It revolves around the story of two film makers trying to re-make the life story of Jose P. Rizal. It tried to capture the cinematic moments of the Philippines' National Hero-- Dr. Jose P. Rizal. They investigated upon the reasons why some people worshipped him to the point of idolatry and why his works are supported by the government yet censored by the church. A quest into the reason of the national heroes influence which permeates into the Philippine social set up. It was basically a travel to the past, history was deconstructed for the movie presented a different persona out of Rizal and out of the significant people around him. Contrary to the movies which immortalized the hero in the silver screen, this movie sought questions which were never and will never be answered. The sort of questions where the answers were also buried six feet below the ground along with the national hero. It presented and created doubt in me about the real motive of the hero. The main theme of the movie which caught my interest is about his retraction.

It has been established that Jose Rizal retracted his membership from the Masonry and gave back his allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church in order for him to marry Josephine Bracken. Josephine Bracken who was not able to get the trust of the hero's immediate family was put to blame as the primary cause of Rizal's repudiation which came out in the December 1986 Manifesto. His mother astutely denied such claims pointing out that his son did not betray his country, did not swerve in the event, and was staunch in his stance and opposition to the colonizers. Together with Trining, Rizal's older sister they suspected Miss Josephine Bracken as a traitor and a spy commissioned by the Spaniards to hasten the trial and conviction of our national hero.

The movie presented some interesting arguments in which when reflected upon will surely create doubts about him. Questions such as: Does he...