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My sixth book, “SekSinema (Gender Images in Philippine Sex Cinema Enfolding Pandemia)” will finally be launched on-site on April 9, 2022 at 4 pm at the Cinematheque Centre of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) at 855 T.M. Kalaw Street, Ermita, Manila.
National Book Development Board (NBDB) Chairman Dante Ang II will be the in-person keynote speaker during the event while FDCP Chair Liza Diño-Seguerra will deliver her inspirational talk virtually as she is attending a film caucus in Pangasinan which was scheduled earlier.
“SekSinema (Gender Images in Philippine Sex Cinema Enfolding Pandemia)” is a historical survey of the employ of sex as subject or background in Philippine cinema from the non-talkies celluloid, first screen kiss of two of the earliest actors in the local movie industry, Luis Tuazon and Elizabeth “Dimples” Cooper in Jose Nepomuceno’s “Ang Tatlong Hambug” in 1926 to the digital filmmaking of steamy love scenes being shown in livestreaming platforms.
There are a lot of invited guests and certain to attend the book launch are actresses Elizabeth Oropesa, Daria Ramirez, Maria Isabel Lopez, Jean Saburit, Tessie Tomas, Janice Jurado, Amanda Amores, Joy Sumilang, Yvonne Salcedo, Isadora, Liz Alindogan, Aimee Torres, Azenith Briones, Cataleya Surio, Stella L., Hanni Miller, Lukas Avid etc.; actors Joel Saracho, Ernie Garcia, Jess Evardone etc.; directors Jeffrey Jeturian, Frank G. Rivera, Bobby Benitez, Edz Espiritu etc.; fashion designers Albert Figueras and Erick Valeña; talent manager and events producer Richard Hiñola etc.