Sibak: Midnight Dancers

Sibak: Midnight Dancers
Directed by Mel Chionglo
Written by Ricky Lee
Starring Noni Buencamino
Lawrence David
Gandong Cervantes
Release dates
1994
Running time
100 min
Language Tagalog

Sibak: Midnight Dancers (1994) is a Philippines film, and the first of a series of three gay-themed movies by Mel Chionglo and Ricky Lee about the lives of macho dancers (strippers) in the gay bars of Manila. The later two are Burlesk King and Twilight Dancers. All three follow in the tradition of Lino Brocka's 1988 film Macho Dancer. This movie was banned in the Philippines.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the lives of three brothers who work as strippers in a gay bar. The oldest, Joel has a wife and a boyfriend. Dennis, the middle brother, steals car radios with his friends. The youngest Sonny, dropped out of college and has a transsexual lover.

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