Based on Tañada's 2016 stage musical of the same name, it is about a group of student activists from the Katipunan area of Quezon City who struggle to protest the imposition of nationwide martial law in the 1970s.

The film stars Jerome Ponce, Vince Tañada, Mon Confiado, Sachzna Laparan and Nicole Laurel Asensio, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Dexter Doria, Lou Veloso, Johnrey Rivas, Adelle Ibarrientos and Joshua Bulot.

The rally denounced the government of the incumbent Philippine President, Apo (an allegory for Ferdinand Marcos), and was part of the beginning of the First Quarter Storm.

A team of METROPOL (METROCOM) soldiers led by Lieutenant Sales arrive at the rally, arresting Ka Manding for sedition and rebellion.

They collect some of Ka Manding's personal belongings from his apartment and head to a safe haven for students who were still outside past curfew: the Katips house, operated by Alet.

After Panyong rants about American influence on the Philippines, Lara enters a heated discussion with him, defending the imposition of martial law and showing support for Apo.

Alet, after fighting with Lara about their differing perspectives on life as a Philippine citizen, tells the story of her love interest, Ben, a desaparecido who disappeared after attending a mass action protest.

Art and Estong are both shown being brutally tortured by METROPOL officers; they are burned by cigarettes and flat irons, made to sit on ice blocks, had nails removed with pliers, urinated on, and electrocuted.

The student activists in the 1970s, now elderly, arrive at the inauguration of the museum: the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, dedicated to the victims of human rights abuses during martial law.