Emilio Aguinaldo in the Filipino-American War

A short documentary on Emilio Aguinaldo, a leader in the Philippines during the Filipino-American War, also known as the Filipino Insurrection.

Due to the many comments I've had about this, I would like to clear a few things up.

In the Philippines, Emilio Aguinaldo is not considered a hero. Some Filipinos say that he is, while others insist he is not. (Take a look at the comments for different viewpoints.)

Calling the war for independence "the Filipino Insurrection" was the way that the American media and government devalued the revolution. The use of the term in this documentary was meant to be historically accurate from the American history books.

The man referred to in this documentary was the leader of a group that wanted independence for the Philippines from America after Spanish occupation. He may or may not be a hero; that is for the viewer to decide.

UPDATE: It would be quite nice of all of you to stop using this video as a battleground. It was a HIGH SCHOOL VIDEO PROJECT, not a nationally-shown documentary. It was not meant to offend anyone. Please don't use it to insult me or others.

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[SuperSelwyn1]

@shoumaisback i'm not short, i'm tall. you are about to see the brand new filipinos who will exterminate all of you! admit it, we filipinos are invincible. those malaysians and qataris are absoloutely no match for us. we filipinos are marching to becoming an economic power! no one can stop us even the stupid yanks!

[shoumaisback]

@SuperSelwyn1 What!!? You don't even know what my country is, you filthy brown pieace of short ape faced shit. Go back to the house you clean, my little bro, otherwise your malaysian or qatari boss will beat and fire you. No job abroad that means you'd have to go back to your shithole, with all the slums, child prostitutes and muslim terrorists beheading people.

[SuperSelwyn1]

@shoumaisback die you worthless motherfucker. before you know it your country will just disappear in thin air!

[shoumaisback]

@SuperSelwyn1 Talented for being maids and whores, maybe :D

[otchowaloeight8]

u.s massacred filipinos even civilians, and those people that have nothing to do with war just like what they did to indians.. because american forces are losing significant numbers to filipino guerillas... thats what the u.s do.. being friendly at first then rampage later. they are just lucky their country is rich, just like china.. all bark no bite. ..and of course no offense to you people

[SuperSelwyn1]

@shoumaisback that's not true asshole. we filipinos are very talented.

[AmericanPatriot53]

@aris205982 Accurate history? The video was kinder to Aguinalldo then he deserved. While truely a nationalist he hardly displayed the courage and heroism of Rizal or Del Pilar or Bonafacio. Aguinaldo died wealthy and oold in 1964 having left a trrail of bodies who had died for the cause he led. The person who created the video infers that Aguinaldos multiple collaborations were born out of a desire to see peace when truely it was to save his own skin.

[Maspow24]

@ventadamanila including u!!

[aris205982]

its sad how distorted history is. i dont blame the fil-ams for how history is taught to them. after all american naman talaga sila, cullturaly filipino lang. I think instead of arguing or mudslinging those "enlightened" should rather post links as to what they think are accurate sources of history rather than this white washed version

[MrKenichi22]

Actually the Philippines were very well educated, that is the leaders of the revolution that is. I wonder if they were so happy with the Americans burning their homelands!