Contemporary Radical Film Culture
Networks, Organisations and Activists
Mike Wayne editor Steve Presence editor Jack Newsinger editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:16th Jul '20
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Comprising essays from some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the field, thisis the first book to investigate twenty-first century radical film practices across production, distribution and exhibition at a global level.
This book explores global radical film culture in all its geographic, political and aesthetic diversity. It is inspired by the work of the Radical Film Network (RFN), an organisation established in 2013 to support the growth and sustainability of politically engaged film culture around the world. Since then, the RFN has grown rapidly, and now consists of almost 200 organisations across four continents, from artists’ studios and production collectives to archives, distributors and film festivals. With this foundation, the book engages with contemporary radical film cultures in Africa, Asia, China, Europe, the Middle East as well as North and South America, and connects key historical moments and traditions with the present day. Topics covered include artists’ film and video, curation, documentary, feminist and queer film cultures, film festivals and screening practices, network-building, policy interventions and video-activism.
For students, researchers and practitioners, this fascinating and wide-ranging book sheds new light on the political potential of the moving image and represents the activists and organisations pushing radical film forward in new and exciting directions.
For more information about the Radical Film Network, visit www.radicalfilmnetwork.com.
A newly, always, and again-relevant corner of contemporary and historic media culture—global radical film culture—is provocatively explored by its theorists and practitioners in Contemporary Radical Film Culture. Contributing to and driving these debates and practices while attending to the affordances of re-emergence through networking and networks, the authors, all members of the Radical Film Network, build new connections and learn from empowering histories because of the crises of our times, and in hopes of informing the future.
Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY
This first major collection of radical moving-image practices in the 21st century marks an aggressive new phase in the resistance against capitalist commodity culture. Remarkable for its intelligence, originality, accessibility, and especially for its global comprehensiveness, it will be of great value for activists, scholars and teachers, and indeed everyone interested in the struggle for a more equal and less exploitative socialist world.
David E. James, Professor, Division of Cinema & Media Studies, University of Southern California
A newly, always, and again-relevant corner of contemporary and historic media culture—global radical film culture—is provocatively explored by its theorists and practitioners in Contemporary Radical Film Culture. Contributing to and driving these debates and practices while attending to the affordances of re-emergence through networking and networks, the authors, all members of the Radical Film Network, build new connections and learn from empowering histories because of the crises of our times, and in hopes of informing the future.
Alexandra Juhasz, Distinguished Professor of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY
This first major collection of radical moving-image practices in the 21st century marks an aggressive new phase in the resistance against capitalist commodity culture. Remarkable for its intelligence, originality, accessibility, and especially for its global comprehensiveness, it will be of great value for activists, scholars and teachers, and indeed everyone interested in the struggle for a more equal and less exploitative socialist world.
David E. James, Professor, Division of Cinema & Media Studies, University of Southern California
This timely collection, impressive in its broad scope, testifies to the diversity and vitality of radical film culture round the world today. The articles span a time period from the mid 20th century to the present, using case histories drawn from five continents and interrogating a range of processes by which films are made, seen and received. The focus is on politics and practice, a core question being how can image culture help promote a society which is more egalitarian, more sustainable and more caring than that we currently inhabit? While the editors and nearly all the contributors have academic posts involving some writing and teaching, most are practitioners as well and this mix of interests results in a combination of intellectual rigour and practical relevance which makes this an important book both for academics and media activists.
Margaret Dickinson, Director, Marker Ltd.
ISBN: 9781138543607
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 544g
272 pages