Hello everybody and welcome back to Rev Left Radio. I have a wonderful episode for you today.

I have on the show Film Maker Steven De Castro to talk about a hip film he shot a few years ago

but is now being released on Means TV called Revolution Selfie the Red Battalion.

And this is a really interesting documentary about the new people's army in the Philippines,

the Malice, Gorilla, Communist movement in the jungles of the Philippines.

This is a wonderful documentary. Highly recommend people go to Means TV and check it out.

I learned a lot the on the ground interviews are wonderful the way the entire

documentary is set up. It's entertaining and unique. It's not the same old.

Same old when it comes to documentary formats which can be kind of boring. This is different.

It's entertaining. It's funny. It's moving. It's inspiring. And it's really embedding

himself with the an a battalion of the MPA in the jungles of the Philippines and just talking

and showing the people why they joined up the community that they've developed out in the mountains

in the jungles. The poverty inside the major city centers of the Philippines in this case Manila.

Just a fascinating exploration of a revolutionary communist movement that is celib, you know,

I think it's past their 50 year anniversary of the party itself, the movement itself,

waging people's war against right wing colonialist fascist imperialist forces backed by the US as

always. And it's a really unique and profoundly inspiring film and this conversation about it

is absolutely wonderful. I really, really enjoyed it and I think you will too. So without further

ado, here is my conversation with Stephen Day Castro on his newest film Revolution Selfie,

the Red Battalion, put out by means TV. Enjoy.

My name is Stephen De Castro and I'm a filmmaker or documentary filmmaker. I guess I could call

myself a revolutionary filmmaker and I'm based in New York, Queens, New York. I am interested in

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