Book explores sex as a fave topic in Philippine cinema

by The Manila Times

Apr 22, 2022 12:09 am

THE book, SekSinema, by Boy Villasanta, unabashedly explores how sex is repeatedly used as a subject in Philippine cinema.

At the in-person launch of Villasanta's 'SekSinema (Gender Images in Philippine Sex Cinema Enfolding Pandemia)' held at the Cinematheque Centre of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in Manila on April 9, National Book Development Board Chairman Dante Ang 2nd cited the cultural, economic and socio-political implications of sex as a favorite theme in local films.

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