Empire's Mistress: Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper

Theodore S. Gonzalves interviews Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez on her new book, Empire's Mistress: Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper.

The book centers on Filipino actress, Isabel Rosario Cooper, tracking her film career in the Philippines and Hollywood and her complicated relationship with Douglas MacArthur, while dismantling the influences of colonialism in telling and interpreting Cooper's life story.

Featuring a clip from "Appearance of Isabel Rosario Cooper," by Miljohn Ruperto.

Original Recorded on March 11th, 2021.

Timecodes:
0:00 - Interview with Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez
44:17 - "Appearance of Isabel Rosario Cooper," by Miljohn Ruperto
45:38 - Interview with Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez

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