José B. Capino is Associate Professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His first book, Dream Factories of a Former Colony, received the prize in cultural studies from the Association for Asian American Studies.
"""Written in clear and urgent prose, Martial Law Melodrama invites a wide readership, giving access to an intricate sociopolitical history and awakening the desire to revisit Brocka’s impressive oeuvre . . ."" * Film Quarterly * “A close examination of Brocka’s films, which considers them within the context of social and political trends, as well as within the framework of Brocka’s life and career.” * Cineaste *"