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  "id": 6800295,
  "title": "‘Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors’ Review: Lav Diaz Delivers an Immaculate, Slow-Burn Period Drama of Rare and Restless Insight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/let-us-through-dear-ancestors-review-lav-diaz-delivers-an-immaculate",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:43:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/let-us-through-dear-ancestors-review-lav-diaz-1236847019/"
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  "summary": "Set almost a century after Magellan first landed on the Philippine Archipelago, and coming just a year after “Magellan,” director Lav Diaz’s last film, landed in Cannes, “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” is a description of bruised history rendered in the sharp, precise, scarring lines of a newly inked tattoo. In many ways a companion […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "IndieWire",
        "title": "‘Makikiraan Po (Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors)’ Review: Lav Diaz and Isabel Sandoval Team Up for a Mournful, Modest Anti-Colonial Drama",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/makikiraan-po-let-us-through-dear-ancestors-review-lav-diaz-and",
        "published": "2026-09-11T18:30:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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