In these times, when the government-controlled media hide the truth, when most of what we get is silly gossip, pretty flesh and sensationalized crime, we must go to the streets to find out what is happening. We must listen to those who dare risk their lives and livelihoods, who reiterate once more the utmost duty of the artist, that he be a committed person, taking the side of any human being who is violated, abused, oppressed or dehumanized, and that he use whatever instrument is his—the pen, the brush or the camera. Lino Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 21, 1991), on his speech upon receiving the 1985 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts (via vinciboy)