Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Short Takes; Re-visiting Manuel Silos and Biyaya ng Lupa; The Life and Art of Gerardo de Leon; Eddie Romero: Grand Ideas in a Small Film Industry; Medium Shots; Manuel Conde: Trickster and Visionary; Avellana: A Portrait of the Artist as Pinoy Filmmaker; FPJ: Dreaming of National Fantasies and Justices in Philippine Cinema; Lino Brocka: Film and Politics in the Marcos Era; The Brave and Ironic Ishmael Bernal; Peque Gallaga: The Passion of the PQ
Satire and Social Activism as Subversion in Mike de Leon's Kakabakaba Ka Ba? and Sister Stella L. The Quiet Man Passes; A Portrait of Kidlat Tahimik, A Godfather of Filipino Indie Cinema; Home or Elsewhere: Locus and Dislocation in the Cinema of Brillante Ma. Mendoza; Long Takes; Marilou Diaz-Abaya: Beyond Feminism; Lav Diaz: New Directions in World Cinema; Portfolio of Stills; Contributors; Index; Back Cover
