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Made in Hollywwod, Censored by Beijing: The U.S. Film Industry and Chinese Government Influence

PEN America (2021), v, 64 pp.

"Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing describes the ways in which the Chinese government and its ruling Chinese Communist Party successfully influence Hollywood films, warns how this type of influence has increasingly become normalized in Hollywood, and explains the implications of this influence ... on freedom of expression and on the types of stories that global audiences are exposed to on the big screen. Hollywood is one of the world’s most significant storytelling centers, a cinematic powerhouse whose movies are watched by millions across the globe. And yet the choices it makes, about which stories to tell and how to tell them, are increasingly influenced by an autocratic government with the world’s most comprehensive system of state-imposed censorship. The free expression implications of this fact are significant, and far-reaching. By influencing which stories Hollywood tells, the Chinese government can soften the edges or erase depictions of its human rights abuses; it can dampen movies’ call for change or encouragement of resistance in the face of oppression; and it can discourage or silence filmmakers interested in making movies that question or critique the Chinese government. Hollywood’s choices have global implications. If prominent Hollywood studios or filmmakers fear to push back against such influence, there is less chance that others around the world will dare to do so. It also reduces the opportunities for independent or exiled Chinese filmmakers looking for a new home for their talents, and undercuts any argument from Chinese filmmakers that the country’s censorship system is inconsistent with international norms of artistic freedom. There are countless stories to be told about China, and those that are non-controversial from Beijing’s perspective are no less valid. But there are also stories to be told about the ongoing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, the ongoing struggle of Tibetans to maintain their language and culture in the face of both societal changes and government policy, the prodemocracy movement in Hong Kong, and honest, everyday stories about how government policies intersect with people’s lives in the world’s most populous nation. Yet the space for filmmakers to tell such stories is shrinking—at least, unless they are willing to forego access to the world’s largest box office." (Executive summary) more

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La distribution en France des films d'Afrique sud saharienne francophone

Patricia Caillé, Claude Forest

Présence Francophone: Revue Internationale de langue et de littérature, volume 95, issue 1 (2020), 23 pp.

"Depuis leur apparition apres les independances politiques, les films realises par les Africains originaires des anciennes colonies françaises subsahariennes ont ete tres peu diffuses dans les salles de l'ancienne metropole. A de tres rares exceptions pres, ils ont egalement tres peu ete vus par le ... more

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La circulation des productions culturelles: Cinémas, informations et séries télévisées dans les mondes arabes et musulmans

Dominique Marchetti (ed.)

Rabat; Istanbul: Centre Jacques-Berque; Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes (2017), 287 pp.

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Global Nollywood: The Transnational Dimensions of an African Video Film Industry

Matthias Krings, Onookome Okome (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2013), viii, 371 pp.

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The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global

Youna Kim (ed.)

London; New York: Routledge (2013), xvi, 233 pp.

"Since the late 1990s South Korea has emerged as a new center for the production of transnational popular culture – the first instance of a major global circulation of Korean popular culture in history. Why popular (or not)? Why now? What does it mean socially, culturally and politically in a glob ... more

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The Magic of Bollywood: At Home and Abroad

Anjali Gera Roy (ed.)

New Delhi; Thousand Oaks: Sage (2012), xviii, 334 pp.

"This anthology aims to portray the “soft” power of Bollywood, which makes it a unique and powerful disseminator of Indian culture and values abroad. The essays in the book examine Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations and diplomacy ... more

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Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution

Mahir Saul, Ralph A. Austen (eds.)

Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press (2010), vii, 248 pp.

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In Need of Connection: Reflections on Youth and the Translation of Film in Tanzania

Birgit Englert

Stichproben: Wiener Zeitschrift für kritische Afrikastudien, issue 18 (2010), pp. 137-159

"The translation of films from languages such as English, Hindi/Urdu or Chinese into Swahili is a phenomenon that has quickly grown into a successful business in Tanzania in the last couple of years. The films are mainly products of the USA, of India and China, but also of countries such as Thailand ... more

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The Bollywood Reader

Rajinder Dudrah, Jigna Desai (eds.)

Maidenhead: Open University Press (2008), xi, 301 pp.

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Commerce in Culture: States and Markets in the World Film Trade

Andrew J. Flibbert

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007), xv, 229 pp.

"Commerce in Culture is an innovative study of how states have responded to the globalization of the film sector. Concerned with more than film content or substance, the book exposes the ongoing political and economic struggles that shape cultural production and trade in the world. The historical fo ... more

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New Patterns in Global Television: Peripheral Vision

John Sinclair, Elizabeth Jacka, Stuart Cunningham (eds.)

New York: Oxford University Press (1996), xii, 238 pp.

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As telenovelas da Globo: Produção e exportação

José Marques de Melo

São Paulo: Summus Editorial (1988), 68 pp.

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Importation of Films for Cinema and Television in Egypt

Gehan Rachty, Khalil Sabat

Paris: UNESCO (1979), 78 pp.

"The present study on the importation of films for cinema and television in Egypt is part of a series of case studies related to the structure, nature and flow of "transnational communication" and its socio-economic and cultural impact. Having its own reputable film industry and television organizat ... more