Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Film & Video

African cinema in the 1960s originated mainly from Francophone countries. It resembled the art cinema of contemporary Europe and relied on support from the French film industry and the French state. Beginning in1969 the biennial Festival panafricain du cinema et de la television de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), held in Burkina Faso, became the major showcase for these films. But since the early 1990s, a new phenomenon has come to dominate the African cinema world: mass-marketed films shot on less expensive video cameras. These "Nollywood" films, so named because many originate in southern...

In addition to a selection of contemporary mainstream films, the major films for analysis are New Zealand "New Wave" films such as Alison Maclean's Kitchen Sink and Crush; Vincent Ward's Vigil; and Jane Campion's Sweety, An Angel at My Table, and The Piano.

What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant? Teen film is usually discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components is a teen film, and not every teen film is American. Arguing that teen film is always a story about becoming a citizen and a subject, Teen Film...

"The Films of Elias Querejeta" is the first book in English to explore the films of Spain s most celebrated producer, Elias Querejeta. Tom Whittaker highlights Querejeta s recurring emphasis on landscape, arguing that it can be understood as a site of political struggle against Francoism and Spain s embrace of neoliberal capitalism. In bringing together both the importance of cinematic and spatial production, Whittaker s study makes an original contribution not only to film studies but also to Spanish cultural studies and cultural geography."

Brazil has long been home to a strong and important film industry, and in recent years Brazilian cinema has been drawing growing attention worldwide, with such films as "Central Station" and "City of God" receiving international acclaim." Remaking Brazil" takes a close look at Brazilian films released between 1995 and 2010, including "Elite Squad," "Orfeu," "The Trespasser," and "Almost Brothers," paying special attention to issues of race, ethnicity, and national identity.
Despite increased interest in ethnic and racial aspects of Brazilian society, until now there has been very...