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Jose Maria Flores Lacaba, popularly known as Pete Lacaba, is a Filipino screenwriter, editor, poet, journalist and translator.

Pete Lacaba
Born
Jose Maria Flores Lacaba

(1945-08-20) August 20, 1945 (age 77)
Misamis Oriental, Commonwealth of the Philippines
Other namesPepe, Brader, Boo Rader
OccupationScreen writer, editor, journalist
Years active1950[citation needed]–present
AwardsCinemanila International Film Festival conferred the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award

Early life


Born in Misamis Oriental in 1945 to Jose Monreal Lacaba of Loon, Bohol and Fe Flores from Pateros, Rizal. He is the brother of writer and activist Eman Lacaba, who was murdered in March 1976 and later honored at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani memorial as a martyr who fought the Marcos dictatorship.[1][2]


Early career


He is also well known for his role in the fight against President Ferdinand Marcos and his US-backed military dictatorship during the Philippines' martial law era. Among his most notable works during this time are his coverage of the First Quarter Storm protests for the Philippines Free Press magazine, which were compiled into the book Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage in 1982,[3] and the controversial poem "Prometheus Unbound," an acrostic poem through which he managed to trick the publishers of a pro-Marcos magazine to publish a secretly anti-Marcos message.[4]

Lacaba has been especially recognized for his coverage of the First Quarter Storm, an anti-Marcos movement, in 1970.[5] His firsthand account of the events of the First Quarter Storm protests, Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage (1982), compiled from articles first published in the Philippine Free Press and the Asia-Philippines Leader magazines, are considered important accounts of that period.[3]

Another influential work Lacaba wrote during this period, under the nom de plume Ruben Cuevas, was the poem "Prometheus Unbound," which was published by Focus, a magazine allied with the Marcos regime.[4] The editors did not immediately realize that the work was an acrostic poem, whose first letters spelled out the popular protest slogan "Marcos Hitler Diktador Tuta" (Marcos, Hitler, Dictator, Lapdog).[6]


Later career


Lacaba is recognized as one of the leading figures in Philippine literature today.[7][8] He is well known in various fields, including creative writing, journalism, editing and scriptwriting.

He worked with well-known directors like Lino Brocka and Mike de Leon in producing films that expose ordinary people's lives that experienced poverty and injustice. His screenplay credits include Jaguar, which competed at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1980, while Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim competed in 1984. Orapronobis was screened out of competition in 1989. Ricky Lee co-wrote Jaguar with Lacaba.

He continued writing poems, and in 1999, was decorated as one of 100 "Bayani ng Sining". Lacaba's poetry has been compiled in collections which include Ang Mga Kagilagilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Juan de la Cruz (1979), Sa Daigdig ng Kontradiksyon (1991) and Sa Panahon ng Ligalig (1991).

Lacaba is currently the executive editor of Summit Media's YES! magazine, the sister publication of PEP.

In honor of Lacaba for being the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Awardee, the classic film Bayan Ko was screened as the closing film of Dekada Cinemanila. According to Anima Aguiluz, the daughter of Direk Tikoy and festival programmer of Cinemanila, Bayan Ko could be found in Toronto, Canada.


Works



Screenwriter


Miscellaneous crew
Soundtrack
Self

Discography



Awards and achievements


Star Awards for Movies
Metro Manila Film Festival
Gawad Urian Awards
FAP Awards, Philippines
FAMAS Awards
Cinemanila International Film Festival
Other awards

Trivia



References


  1. Rodrigo, Pia (January 31, 2021). "Remembering Eman Lacaba in these Red-tagging times". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. Lacaba, Kris Lanot (September 21, 2015). "The torture of my father and other stories". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  3. "Tales from the underground". September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  4. Jorge, Rome (April 6, 2008). "Prometheus burns still: Pete Lacaba". Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
  5. Umali, Justin (February 24, 2020). "A Timeline of the First Quarter Storm: Three Months That Shook the Nation". Esquire Philippines.
  6. Melendez, Paolo Enrico (September 11, 2018). "The Marcos-era Resistance Poem that Smuggled a Hidden Message into State Media". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. "Poetry as a weapon for peaceful dissent". cnn. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  8. Santos, Tomas U. "The writer in the political arena". Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  9. "Pete Lacaba honored with lifetime achievement award".
  10. "Gab Valenciano admits dating Rachelle Ann Go exclusively".


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