Macho Dancer

SYNOPSIS

Macho Dancer is a 1988 Philippine drama film directed by Lino Brocka from a story and screenplay written by Amado Lacuesta Jr. and Ricky Lee. Starring Daniel Fernando, Allan Paule, Jaclyn Jose, and Princess Punzalan, the story follows the realities of a young, poor, rural male prostitute, who after being dumped by his American client, is forced to support himself and his family in Manila's seamy red-light district. Produced by Award Films and Special People Productions and distributed by Viva Films, the film's frank depiction of homosexuality, prostitution, drag queens and crooked cops, the porn industry, sexual slavery, and drugs and violence caused the Philippine government censors to order extensive edits of the film. Brocka smuggled an uncensored cut out of the coun