Picturesque and Powerful

The older I get, the more I realize that "we" most certainly weren't always the good guys, despite our history lessons. This portrayal of a poor family fleeing persecution in old-timey Phillipines is pretty jarring. Their first rulers were the Spaniards, and although some were moral and kind, most were not. You hope that with the introduction of the U.S. troops, things will change. Alas. Our history classes didn't quite tell the whole story, it seems. Educational, rich and shameful.