> ...it is said that José Rizal, in a last act of defiance against the Spanish Empire, turned around after being shot in the back to face his executioners. With his final breath, he channeled the parting words of Jesus Christ: Consummatum est. It is finished.

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In the Archive of the Filipino Revolution

The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata looks at a colony on the cusp of revolt and how historians influence the way these moments are remembered.

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