This work is a study of ten years of native Russian film production through the Revolution of 1917, based almost exclusively on Russian-language primary sources. Showing how these films portrayed and appealed to a new urban middle class, the author examines the organization and evolution of the industry and looks at genres, motifs and themes in 65 ......
During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. This book offers a compelling historical look at Warner Bros' efforts as the only major studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Focusing on a much-neglected area of film experience in America, Black Cinema Treasures furthers the preservation of America's cultural and historic heritage, especially its African-American heritage as seen through the eyes of the African-American independent filmmakers of the 1920s through the 1950s. Ossie Davis says that the collection is one ......
The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries assess their plausibility. These narratives reconstitute absent events through words, and their filming constitutes a double narrative: one important ......
They sold sin and sensation with the magic words "Uncut! Uncensored! Adults Only!" and the most happily shameless of them was the author, the emperor of "exploitation" films. This book is as much his story as it is the history of an idea that has enjoyed a rebirth.
This work seeks to clarify the social relationship between organization and its representation. The contributors: relate organization theory to sociological representation theory; look at work and organization with the aim of showing that they are part of popular culture; make connections between the power relations governing actual organizations ......
Representation, Memory, Time and Space in the Age of the Camera
Offering an overview of modern visual culture, this book explores the relationship between technology, society and identity which underpins contemporary "media culture". The author examines: the history of visual culture from Lumiere to virtual reality by way of photography, cinema and television; the social and political transformations over the ......
An examination of the works of six contemporary black and asian women filmmakers. It also includes a detailed introduction and a chapter entitled "Other Voices", documenting the work of other black and asian filmmakers. The book analyzes the key films of Zeinabu Irene Davis, "one of a growing number of independent black women filmmakers who are ......
