World Cinema and the Essay Film: Transnational Perspectives on a Global Practice
- ISBN-10
- 1474429262
- ISBN-13
- 9781474429269
- Category
- Experimental films
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-05-29
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Author
- Brenda Hollweg
Description
World Cinema and the Essay Film examines the ways in which essay film practices are deployed by non-Western filmmakers in specific local and national contexts, in an interconnected world. The book identifies the essay film as a political and ethical tool to reflect upon and potentially resist the multiple, often contradictory effects of globalization. With case studies of essayistic works by John Akomfrah, Nguyen Trinh Thi and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, amongst many others, and with a photo-essay by Trinh T. Min-ha and a discussion of Frances Calvert's work, it expands current research on the essay film beyond canonical filmmakers and frameworks, and presents transnational perspectives on what is becoming a global film practice.
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