Presented at the DLSU Research Congress 2015
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
March 2-4, 2015
What is the Meaning of All Our Research and Creative Work?
Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr.
University Fellow, DLSU
ABSTRACT: In contrast to other fields of study, it is more difficult to see the significance of a filmmaker
or a film scholar’s work especially in the context of national development. Del Mundo muses or
meditates on the question, perhaps as a way of justifying his existence.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Clodualdo “Doy” del Mundo has a doctoral degree in Communication Studies (Film) from the University of
Iowa. He teaches at De La Salle University, Department of Communication, where he is a Professor Emeritus and
a University Fellow.
He is also a screenwriter. Some of his screenplay credits are Maynila… Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila… In
the Claws of Light), Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (Are You Scared?), Kisapmata (In the Blink of an Eye), Batch ’81, ‘Merika,
Mulanay, Aliwan Paradise (Entertainment Paradise), Bayaning 3rd World (3rd World Hero), Markova, Pepot
Artista (Pepot Superstar), and Paglipad ng Anghel (Flight of an Angel).
He is also a director in his own right. His film/video essays and documentaries include People Media,
Maynila… Isang Pelikulang Pilipino (Maynila… A Filipino Film), Komiks, Lupa (Land), Pahiyas (or Exorcising the
Ghosts of St. Louis), Maid in Singapore, Ehem!plo (Corruption and Integrity in the Philippines), and Tinitingnan, ‘Di Nakikita (Looking without
Seeing) on urban poverty. In 2005, he directed Pepot Artista which won Best Picture in the 1st Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. In 2011,
he premiered his second feature film, Paglipad ng Anghel (Flight of an Angel), which won the Signis Award and the Fiction Film on Spirituality
Award in Dhaka International Film Festival in 2012.
His books include Native Resistance: Philippine Cinema and Colonialism 1898-1941 (1995), Spirituality and the Filipino Film (editor, 2010),
and Making Waves: Ten Years of Cinemalaya (editor, 2014).
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