This poster shows a military helicopter flying over mountainous terrain, with several young Filipino men in the foreground looking upward. The title Season of Thunder appears in large lettering, followed by the subtitle “Tribal Filipino Resistance,” identifying the image as a political film poster rather than a weather or travel poster.
The poster announced a showing of the film Season of Thunder: Tribal Filipino Resistance, produced through the Southeast Asia Resource Center and printed by Inkworks in Oakland around 1983. Its imagery points to militarization, indigenous resistance, and conflict in the Philippine uplands during the late Cold War and Martial Law period. The “thunder” in the title is not simply meteorological. It suggests aircraft, military force, and a darker political climate faced by tribal and rural communities.
This piece is part of the Maynila Archive, a curated collection of Philippine historical visuals preserved and made accessible as fine art prints.
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