"A former colony of the United States, the Philippine nation has long had its own version of the American Dream, and JosÉ Capino does a superb job of analyzing how that bittersweet fantasy translates onto Philippine screens in this valuable book. With detailed examinations of key films from the Philippines as well as transnational productions, his groundbreaking study does so much more than provide an overview of Philippine cinema history; it makes a significant intervention in American/Philippine cultural studies and provides a novel way of approaching the connection between colonialism and global screen culture." -Gina Marchetti, author of Romance and the “Yellow Peril”:  Race, Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction