Contrasts are stark in the Philippines.
Much of downtown Manila looks little different to Los Angeles and the middle classes have available all the amenities and amusements of Western consumerism. But poor Filipinos inhabit a very different world. Over a third of the eight million people crammed into Manila live precariously, often homeless or in makeshift housing. Two-thirds of the rural population are landless. In Search of Justice is about Filipinos struggling to overcome problems which stem from unequal distribution of resources in the Philippines.