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The Grierson Effect: Tracing Documentary´s International Movement
Zoe Druick
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Description for The Grierson Effect: Tracing Documentary´s International Movement
Hardback. This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Exploring the influence of his ideas on documentary and educational film in a wide range of national contexts, this book foregrounds core issues and new perspectives in international documentary cinema cultures and histories. Editor(s): Williams, Deane; Druick, Zoe. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFB; APFR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Featuring the work of leading scholars from around the world, The Grierson Effect explores the impact of Grierson's ideas about documentary and educational film in a wide range of cultural and national contexts – from Russia and Scandinavia, to Latin America, South Africa and New Zealand.
In reconsidering Grierson's international infl uence, this major new study emphasises the material conditions of the production and circulation of documentary cinema, foregrounds core issues in documentary studies, and opens up expanded perspectives on transnational ... Read more
This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Featuring the work of leading scholars from around the world, The Grierson Effect explores the impact of Grierson's ideas about documentary and educational film in a wide range of cultural and national contexts – from Russia and Scandinavia, to Latin America, South Africa and New Zealand.
In reconsidering Grierson's international infl uence, this major new study emphasises the material conditions of the production and circulation of documentary cinema, foregrounds core issues in documentary studies, and opens up expanded perspectives on transnational ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Cultural Histories of Cinema
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844575404
SKU
V9781844575404
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Ref
99-50
About Zoe Druick
Zoë Druick is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She is author of Projecting Canada and Allan King's A Married Couple, and co-editor of Programming Reality: Perspectives on English-Canadian Television and Cinephemera: Archives, Ephemeral Cinema and New Screen Histories in Canada. Deane Williams is Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies, Monash ... Read more
Reviews for The Grierson Effect: Tracing Documentary´s International Movement
A fine undertaking...Plenty of intriguing material is excavated in this varied collection of essays
Sight & Sound The Grierson Effect: Tracing Documentary's International Movement' contains a fine set of well-researched essays which – when assembled together – provide for a groundbreaking work which should indeed stimulate further research into film – especially in the international or transnational vein. A ... Read more
Sight & Sound The Grierson Effect: Tracing Documentary's International Movement' contains a fine set of well-researched essays which – when assembled together – provide for a groundbreaking work which should indeed stimulate further research into film – especially in the international or transnational vein. A ... Read more