“MACHO DANCER exudes raw vitality and power … takes us into a world of sensuality and danger … and gets very steamy both in gay and straight situations.”
—Los Angeles Times

“A passionately analytical melodrama … Brocka builds scenes with incisive clarity, unfolding the intrepid maneuvers that make the difference between survival and disaster; the inevitable recourse to violence is tinged with a revolutionary defiance.”
—The New Yorker

From Lino Brocka (INSIANG, BONA) comes MACHO DANCER, the story of 18-year-old Pol as he navigates Manila’s underground gay club scene and, stripping to survive, discovers the world of pleasure is filled with corruption. A landmark of Filipino cinema, now restored in 4K and ripe for rediscovery.