Nettie’s connections with the Philippines began in 1983 when she CO-produced, CO-wrote and performed in Headlines’ play on world militarism, UNDER THE GUN. The production, which toured Canada in 1984, focused on Canadian involvement in the Philippines. Following UNDER THE GUN, Nettie was invited to the Philippines to work with political theatre companies prominent in the growing anti-Marcos movement. Her five month stay took her into the cities and countryside where she was exposed to an extensive cross section of issues and politics. She was able to establish contact with the revolutionary New People’s Army which led to an initial two month journey underground, both in the cities with the controversial "Sparrow" urban fighters, and in the mountains with the rebel arm. Over the five past years she has covered the war extensively and by the guerrillas’ own admission, her exposure to the underground Filipino revolution is the one of the most extensive ever granted to a westerner. Nettie reported on the "snap" revolution which brought Mrs. Aquino to power in 1986 filing radio stories for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 1987, after two years of research she filmed A RUSTLING OF LEAVES which took eight months to shoot (and 64,000 feet of film) A RUSTLING OF LEAVES has been televised Channel 4(Great Britain), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and has been screened at international film festivals in: Berlin, Vancouver, Chicago, Hong Kong, Jerusalem, Amsterdam, Honolulu, Taipei, Los Angeles, Houston and Montreal.