| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) : illustrations |
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New directions in national cinemas |
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New directions in national cinemas.
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| Contents |
Introduction : revolutionary rupture and national stability -- Kino-nedelia, early documentary, and the performance of a new collective, 1917-1921 -- A cinema looking for people : the individual and the collective in immediate post-revolutionary Cuban nonfiction film -- The dialectics of thought and vision in the films of Dziga Vertov, 1922-1927 -- (Non)alignments and the new revolutionary man -- Esfir Shub, factography, and the new documentary historiography -- The object of revolutionary history : Santiago Alvarez's commemorative newsreels and chronicle documentaries, 1972-1974 |
| Summary |
In the charged atmosphere of post-revolution, artistic and political forces often join in the effort to reimagine a new national space for a liberated people. In this book, the author examines nonfiction film and nation building to better understand documentary film as a tool used by the state to create powerful historical and political narratives. Drawing on newsreels and documentaries produced in the aftermath of the Russian revolution of 1917 and the Cuban revolution of 1959, the author demonstrates the ability of nonfiction film to help shape the new citizen and unify, edify, and modernize society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-258) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- Political aspects -- Soviet Union
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Documentary films -- Political aspects -- Cuba
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Documentary films -- Political aspects
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Cuba
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Soviet Union
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012037385 |
| ISBN |
9780253007704 |
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0253007704 |
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1299243460 |
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9781299243460 |
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