was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts in 1985, for "making cinema a vital social commentary, awakening public consciousness to disturbing realities of life among the Filipino poor". He was posthumously named Philippine National Artist for Film in 1997. Further reading Lino Brocka: Legendary Filmmaker, First LDS Convert in the Philippines (About Brocka's conversion to Mormonism) Mission Impossible 1: Filmmaking in the Philippines 1896-1986 (historical overview) Guardian Unlimited (UK) feature on Derek Malcolm's Century of Films, which includes Brocka's "Manila: In The Claws of Darkness" Lino Brocka: the artist and his times, ed. by Mario A. Hernando, Manila : Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1993. Who are we to judge the insane? - "Tinimbang ka ngunit Kulang" "Director Lino Brocka: Stronger than Life" References External links 1939 births 1991 deaths People from Nueva Ecija Filipino film directors LGBT film directors LGBT Latter Day Saints Filipino gay men National Artists of the Philippines Filipino Latter Day Saints Road incident deaths in the Philippines Marcos martial law victims Individuals honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani History of the Philippines (1965–1986) Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos Political repression in the Philippines Presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Converts to Mormonism Artists and cultural workers honored at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Members of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986