The successive execution of GomBurZa at Bagumbayan in 1872, more than a century ago, was completely hair-raising, Each priest in his black cassock bravely facing the townspeople was a stirring moment.

Both film titles are surnames. Gomburza (not “MaJoHa”) is shorthand for the names of three priests martyred in Bagumbayan in February 1872: Mariano Gomes, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora.