Imelda Marcos can’t stop film

Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos lost her battle to stop a film about her colorful life being shown in the Philippines. On Monday, a regional court lifted an injunction against its screening.

Lawyers for the film distributors said the court’s ruling was issued before the widow of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos released a statement saying said she would give up the case in recognition of the Philippine people’s right of freedom.

Marcos, 75, won a court order last month temporarily stopping the screening of the documentary. But Judge Maria Cristina Cornejo denied Marcos’ petition Monday, saying that, contrary to her claims, she had signed a document permitting the release of the film.