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African Film Studies: An Introduction
London; New York: Routledge (2019), xi, 142 pp.
"The book provides a succinct and comprehensive study of the history, aesthetics, and theory of sub-Saharan African cinematic productions that is grounded in the field of film studies instead of textual interpretations from other disciplines. Bringing African cinema out of the margins into the disci
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Latin American Film Industries
London; New York: Bloomsbury; British Film Institute (bfi) (2019), ix, 193 pp.
"Focusing in particular on Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, Tamara Falicov examines commonalities among Latin American film industries, such as the challenges of procuring funding, competition from Hollywood, state funding battles, and the fickle nature of audiences, as well as censorship issues, compe
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The Grounds of Circulation: Rethinking African Film and Media
Politique Africaine, issue 153 (2019), pp. 105-126
"The aesthetic form and financial infrastructures of African popular film has transformed in recent years leading to a revision of the paradigms for thinking African screen media. This paper assesses that rethinking. It examines three things. First, I argue the analysis of the technical, financial,
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Manual de crítica de cine
Madrid: CEU Ediciones (2019), 257 pp.
" Es cierto que el crítico de cine es por encima de todo un espectador, pero en palabras de François Truffaut, es «un espectador que tiene la necesidad de analizar el propio placer y describirlo». Un crítico de cine es mucho más que alguien que aconseja o desaconseja una película. Debe ser aq
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New Video Generation: The Myanmar Motion Picture Industry in 2017
In: Myanmar Media in Transition: Legacies, Challenges and Change
Singapore: ISEAS (2019), pp. 287-306
"Following a summary of secondary and primary sources on the subject of film production in Burma, I will present an overview of the history of the Burmese film industry, from the British colonial period, to independence, to the years of the Burmese Socialist Program Party, and then the SLORC/SPDC ye
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Yangon Film School’s Advanced Filmmaking Course Project: Independent Evaluation
Helsinki: Vikes (2019), 64 pp.
Bilder einer besseren Welt: Die Utopie im nichtfiktionalen Film
Marburg: Schüren (2019), 424 pp.
Indigenous Agency Through Visual Narratives in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 4, issue 3 (2019), pp. 14-27
"This article focuses on the Wiwa community in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. This community has been reviving its traditional music as part of an effort to reconstruct its social network. Moreover, its members have recently embraced visual arts as a versatile medium in the context of t
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Formas de ver en el cine latinoamericano
La Paz: Plural Editores (2019), 440 pp.
"Revisar y recorrer el cine latinoamericano actual mediante 23 películas es, de hecho, un reto. Keith Richards ha tomado la opción inusual de analizar la cinematografía de una región entera mediante el prisma de las películas seleccionadas ("mirar el cine por derecho propio"). Lo más interesan
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L'audiovisuel africain et la capitalisme global
Politique Africaine, issue 153 (2019), pp. 7-159
"Ce dossier se concentre sur ces transformations plus récentes afin d’analyser leur impact sur l’économie et la politique de la production et de la distribution audiovisuelle en Afrique, tout en mettant en question les cadres théoriques et méthodologiques que nous adoptons en tant que cherch
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Guía práctica y herramientas para el impacto: Del arte al impacto
Key Guides
London et al.: Doc Society (2019), 237 pp.
"El objetivo de esta guía va más allá de presentar herramientas y recursos, pretende crear comunidad. Igual que sucede con el proceso de evaluación, vimos una oportunidad para aprender cómo se produce el impacto y hacer un seguimiento de cómo las películas están catalizando el cambio social.
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The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Cinemas
Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press, paperback ed. (2019), xvii, 709 pp.
"The volume is divided into three parts, focusing respectively on historical periodizations, categories that share formal characteristics, and structural elements involved in the production, distribution, and reception of the works themselves. In historical terms, topics range from the birth of Chin
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Rethinking Testimonial Cinema in Postdictatorship Argentina: Beyond Memory Fatigue
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2019), 272 pp.
"By critically examining how trauma theory and subaltern studies have previously been applied to testimonial cinema, Garibotto rereads Argentinian films produced since 1983 and calls for an alternate interpretive framework at the intersection of semiotics, theories of affect, scholarship on hegemony
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African Cinema and Human Rights
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2019), x, 314 pp.
"Bringing theory and practice together, 'African Cinema and Human Rights' argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to this volume identify three key ways in which film can achieve these goals: documenting human rights
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Les cinémas berbères: De la méconnaissance aux festivals nationaux
Paris: Karthala (2019), 210 pp.
"Cet ouvrage est le premier à traiter l'ensemble de la production cinématographique berbère. Des histoires qui nous viennent des mythes, de l’histoire contemporaine, des personnages dramatiques ou comiques, qui participent à la représentation et à l’auto-perception d’être Imazighen/Berb
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Kritik, Aktivismus und Prospektivität: Politische Strategien im postjugoslawischen Dokumentarfilm
Marburg: Schüren (2019), 368 pp.
"Während des kriegerischen Zerfalls von Jugoslawien und der Bildung neuer Nationalstaaten entstand in der Region ein reges Dokumentarfilmschaffen, das sich den dominanten Rhetoriken der Politik entgegenstellte. Anhand dieses Filmkorpus untersucht die Studie die Bedingungen der Filmproduktion und -r
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Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary African Cinema: The Politics of Beauty
London: Bloomsbury (2019), xii, 364 pp.
"Since the beginnings of African cinema, the realm of beauty on screen has been treated with suspicion by directors and critics alike. James S. Williams explores an exciting new generation of African directors, including Abderrahmane Sissako, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Fanta Regina Nacro, Alain Gomis, Ne
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O guia de campo: Kit der ferramentas para o impacto. Da arte ao impacto
Key Guides
London et al.: Doc Society (2019), 238 pp.
"Nós oferecemos ideias e abordagens para que você não tenha que lidar com um obstáculo que alguém já ultrapassou e, com isso, concentrar-se nos desafios próprios de seu projeto. Disponibilizamos todas as nossas colaborações, conversas, acordos e desentendimentos com equipes de filmagem incr
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European Film and Television Co-Production: Policy and Practice
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), xxiii, 365 pp.
"This volume offers an up-to-date analysis of film and television co-production in Europe. It brings together the voices of policy professionals, industry practitioners and media industry scholars to trace the contours of a complex practice that is of increasing significance in the global media land
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Roots of the New Arab Film
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2018), xix, 292 pp.
"Roots of the New Arab Film deals with the generation of filmmakers from across North Africa and the Middle East who created an international awareness of Arab film from the mid-1980s onwards. These seminal filmmakers experienced the moment of national independence first-hand in their youth and reta
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