Ana Kokkinos: An Oeuvre of Outsiders

by Kelly McWilliam

Overview

Ana Kokkinos is an Australian screenwriter, producer and director who has worked in film and television for almost thirty years. Best known for her fictional films - Antamosi, Only the Brave, Head On, The Book of Revelation and Blessed - her work is often bold and confrontational in its exploration of the alienation, estrangement and visceral distresses of those outside the mainstream.

In the first major study of the director, Ana Kokkinos: An Oeuvre of Outsiders offers new readings of and across her fictional oeuvre by broadly tracing the deployment of the outsider as an organising motif.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474440523
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	12/17/2019
Series:	Visionaries: The Work of Women Filmmakers
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kelly McWilliam is Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Southern Queensland. Her current research focuses on contemporary screen media with emphases in Australian, queer and genre cinemas, as well as screen media impact more broadly. Her previous books including contributing to Jane Stadler's Screen Media: Analysing Film and Television (2009) and co-editing Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World (2009) with John Hartley. She is the Immediate Past President of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 - The Early Films: Antamosi and Only the Brave
Chapter 2 - Head On: Centering the Other
Chapter 3 - The Book of Revelation: Othering the Centre
Chapter 4 - Blessed: An Ensemble of Outsiders
Chapter 5 - An Oeuvre of Outsiders: An Australian Auteur?
Filmography
Index