Imelda

Former Filipino first lady Imelda Marcos is best remembered for what remained in her closets after she and her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, were finally forced into exile in after 20 years of reckless rule: buckets of jewels, racks of hand-embroidered gowns and a designer shoe collection that some claim numbered 3000 pairs. But Ramona S. Diaz's informative and hugely entertaining documentary makes abundantly clear that Imelda's ludicrous extravagance was the outward manifestation of a deep and unconscionable corruption that characterized the Marcos regime. Born into a powerful Southern-Filipino political clan, Imelda moved to post-WWII Manila in 1952, determined to mak...