Cinemas of the Other

'Cinemas of the Other is a film buff's delight. This set of extended, thoroughly researched interviews with twenty-seven renowned filmmakers from seven countries is accompanied by a pithy and useful biographical note on each of her interviewees - just enough to give you a glimpse of their personality but never too long to give anything away. That something personal emerges from the lengthy interviews.'

-- Latika Padgaonkar, Cinemaya

'...the extensive filmography and expansive eries of interviews make Donmez-Colin's book a valuable contribution to understanding the increasing influence of filmmakers from this region.' 

-- Rose Capp

'[This] is an important book because the glimpses of cinematic changes it reveals are at once of a personal and a near-continental order. They speak as much about each human being as about national consciousness.'

-- Cinemaya, Asian Film Quarterly

'An unprecedented set of insights into the creative domain where the politics of creativity meets the poetics of emancipation; an exceedingly readable and informative book.'

-- Hamid Dabash

'All these interviews bring information about the social, political and economic context of creation in post-Peretroika Central Asia, as well as details about artistic aspects (inspiration and creative process). The historical background is also taken into account through the authors' questioning.' 

-- Cloé Drieu, Central Eurasian Re