UPDATE: My original article was unfortunately swallowed up in my attempt to update, but you can find an even newer trailer the one I was linking yesterday HERE or on the Machete Maidens Unleashed Facebook Page.
Machete Maidens is the newest documentary from Mark Hartley, who brought us the fantastic Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! in 2008, which gave us a detailed glimpse into the world of Aussie exploitation cinema.
This new film promises to bring the same skilled documentarian eye to the cinema of the Philippines in the late 70s and early 80s, a time when revolution was found in schlock cinema, rather than the streets.
If you haven’t caught Not Quite Hollywood (and the 30+ films you’ll have to see as a follow up) then get on it, because your plate is about to get much heavier when Machete Maidens Unleashed comes your way. The film is making its way through festivals now.