THE Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is not bent on allowing the film “Chasing Tuna in the Ocean” from being shown in the country, says MTRCB Chairperson and CEO Lala Sotto.
According to Sotto, the film explicitly promotes China's nine-dash line.
The film has been slapped with an “X” rating, categorizing it as "Not for Public Exhibition" within the Philippines.
The decision comes after a thorough review by the MTRCB Committee on First Review, which concluded that the film's depiction of the nine-dash line symbolizes China's territorial claim over the South China Sea.
The MTRCB insisted that the film could as well be considered as an attack against the "prestige of the Republic of the Philippines and is violative of Section 3 (c) of Presidential Decree No. 1986 (PD No. 1986)."
"The MTRCB will continue to exercise its powers and prerogatives consistent with its mandate, and as Filipinos, we shall not tolerate any content that undermines the prestige of the Republic of the Philippines," Sotto said.
"Chasing Tuna in the Ocean," a documentary by Jing Jianmin of Weihai, China, records the hardships of the fishermen fishing for tuna in the Indian Ocean, and presents the fearlessness and responsibility of the fishermen from a delicate perspective.
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