Disconnected Media and other Essays

Disconnected Media and Other Essays is a collection of various written works on Philippine film and television, archiving and history, society and culture, and media at large by filmmaker and scholar Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. Written in a span of three decades from the 1990s to the pandemic time-Dr. del Mundo’s observations and reflections on Philippine media are a sharp criticism on an industry that “is essentially disconnected from the public.” Yet his keen filmmaker’s eye, as always, sees a hopeful possibility in the margins of mainstream production, where independence and re-connection are the currency. In his words, “The concerned artist may just be a small voice in this crazy universe of communication, but at least there is still the chance to be heard, to be seen, and to connect.”

“Doy del Mundo is that rare film academic. One of a few who is also a film practitioner, he is a scriptwriter, director, and even curator. As a result, all his books are collectible simply because they are marked by cool research and reasoning, breathed into life by experience and sparked by an unusual measure of conscience and spirituality. Disconnected Media and Other Essays is highly accessible and readable. It not only covers Pinoy film history and criticism, but it gets into the guts of what makes the broadcast industry tick. Words are not wasted here. Thoughts are distilled and flow like streams of conscious cogitation. A future reference volume no less!”
-Philip Cheah, Editor, When East Meets East:
The Emerging Asian Film Co-production Landscape

“By turns sagacious, perceptive, circumspect, and polemical, Disconne cted Media and Other Essays advocates the long-overdue preservation of a nation’s media heritage and the advancement of media production sensitive to the felt needs and committed to the enlightenment and liberation of its mass audience, informed by decades of experience and articulated with erudition by a prolific critic and scholar, prize-winning screenwriter and director, and tireless educator and activist.”
-Patrick Campos, Author, The End of National Cinema:
Filipino Film at the Turn of the Century

Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. is a filmmaker and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication at De La Salle University, where he is also University Fellow and Resident Writer. His books include Native Resistance: Philippine Cinema and Colonialism 1898-1941 (1995), Spirituality and the Filipino Film (editor, 2010), Direk: Essays on Filipino Filmmakers (co-editor, 2019), Riding the Waves: Fifteen Years of Cinemalaya (editor, 2021), and Ang Daigdig ng mga Api: Remembering a Lost Film (2022), A multi- awarded filmmaker. his works include Maynila… Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (screenwriter, 1975), Batch ’81 (co-writer, 1982), Bayaning 3rd World (co-writer, 1999), and Maid in Singapore (director.2004), among others.

Description: 301 pages ; 22.8 x 15.2 cm

Language: English

ISBN: 978-971-555-717-7