Book Title: An Introduction to World Film
Subtitle: Through the Lens of Post-Colonialism and Cultural Humility
Book Description: This textbook offers students a way to appreciate and understand film from global civilizations and cultures. The chapters introduce terminology and technology in filmmaking as well as critical methodologies for understanding film as a global art form. Students are encouraged to gain a deeper understanding of world cultures through the perspective of native filmmakers.
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Book Description
In fourteen chapters, An Introduction to World Film explores topics in cinema and films by major international directors including: Akira Kurosawa, Satyajit Ray, Abbas Kiarostami, Ousmane Sembène and Haifaa Al-Mansour. Realism, Neorealism and Dramatic Filmmaking techniques are explored and illustrated in the chapters. The book is chronological, beginning with the first film innovators, and the invention of the Cinematographe, by the Lumière brothers in Lyon, France. The book chronicles major stylistic innovations in International Cinema and also offers geographical and political context for the films presented.
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An Introduction to World Film Copyright © 2023 by Dana Weidman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Subject
Films, cinema
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An Introduction to World Film Copyright © 2023 by Dana Weidman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.