Biography

Emerald F. Manlapaz is an Instructor at the Department of Art Studies, College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman. She has done research on social memory in Mendiola, on Cinemalaya and Philippine independent cinema, and for a history of Metro Manila’s transit system. Her research interests include documentary filmmaking, film phenomenology, and Philippine cinema. She is currently studying for an MA degree in art studies at the College of Arts and Letters, UP Diliman. (Corresponding author: [email protected]).