Quezon’s Game
2020, PG-13, 125 min.
Directed by Matthew E. Rosen, Starring Raymond Bagatsing, Rachel Alejandro, Kate Alejandrino, David Bianco, Jennifer Blair-Bianco.
Not reviewed at press time. The true story of how Philippine President Manuel Quezon helped organize the rescue of Jews from the German and Austrian ghettos in the lead up to World War II, and his guilt in later life about whether he did enough.
This article appears in January 31 • 2020.
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