Boni Ilagan

Ilagan is co-convenor of the Campaign Against the Return of the Marcoses and Martial Law and was vice chair of the organization Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) in 2017 when it was working to get compensation for the martial law human rights violations victims. As the founding director of the activist theater organization Panday Sining, he is acknowledged to have had a significant impact on the development of protest street theater in the Philippines. He is the elder brother of disappeared anti-martial law activist Rizalina Ilagan, Major award giving bodies that have recognized Ilagan's work over the years include the Catholic Mass Media Awards, the Cultural Center of the Philippines Centennial Honors for the Arts, the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences awards, the Film Academy of the Philippines' Luna Award, the Gawad Balagtas, the Gawad Plaridel, the Palihang Aurelio V. Tolentino, and the Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards for Television. ==Imprisonment and torture==

As an activist during the Marcos dictatorship, Ilagan was caught and imprisoned by forces loyal to Ferdinand Marcos in 1974, alongside Journalist Pete Lacaba. He was brought to Camp Crame and tortured. He was eventually conditionally released in 1976, after which he resumed his studies at the University of the Philippines. ==Pagsambang Bayan==

Ilagan wrote the play Pagsambang Bayan and dedicated it to his sister Rizalina and other members of the Southern Tagalog 10. It was first staged in September 1977 by director Behn Cervantes and the University of the Philippines Repertory Company. The United Church of Christ in the Philippines sponsored the production. The play's structure revolved around a Christian liturgical Mass. According to Bulatlat, Pagsambang Bayan "was the first play during martial law that challenged the military regime in a way that no theater piece had dared to do then." A musical adaptation of the play directed by Joel Lamangan was staged in 2017 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. ==In popular media==

He was portrayed by Alden Richards in the GMA Television Network's commemorative documentary Alaala: A Martial Law Special, marking the 45th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos' declaration of martial law. Alaala won the Gold Camera Award in the docudrama category of the 2018 U.S. International Film and Video Festival. ==See also==