The three-volume Sine Tala series builds a holistic knowledge of Philippine cinema and addresses the historical, cultural, and pedagogical aspects of the country’s popular- culture form. The essays in each volume explore subjects that have been Nick Deocampo’s preoccupations in his intellectual and academic life.

This volume, Philippine Cinema and History, with a foreword by Patrick F. Campos, traces the historical developments of cinema from its proto-cinematic origins in the Asian art of shadow puppetry to the contemporary virtual world of digital technology, reflecting on the nuances that arise from the social changes affecting the nature and growth of motion pictures.

Published in 2023.