Director Ramona S. Diaz follows up on her David Carr Award winning A THOUSAND CUTS, which explored the battle of Nobel Prize winning journalist Maria Resa to tell the truth about the Duterte regime, with AND SO IT BEGINS, which examines the impact of autocratic politics on the process of democracy. Amid Filipino elections, a grassroots movement emerges to protect truth and democracy from growing threats. People unite in joyful acts of resistance as they seek to support politicians who bring hope, while campaigns embrace spectacle, clouding the realities of everyday life.

In English and Tagalog with English subtitles.