Contemporary Radical Film Culture: Networks, Organisations and Activists

Contemporary Radical Film Culture: Networks, Organisations and Activists

Contemporary Radical Film Culture: Networks, Organisations and Activists

Contemporary Radical Film Culture: Networks, Organisations and Activists

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Overview

Comprising essays from some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the field, this is the first book to investigate twenty-first century radical film practices across production, distribution and exhibition at a global level.

This book explores global radical film culture in all its geographic, political and aesthetic diversity. It is inspired by the work of the Radical Film Network (RFN), an organisation established in 2013 to support the growth and sustainability of politically engaged film culture around the world. Since then, the RFN has grown rapidly, and now consists of almost 200 organisations across four continents, from artists' studios and production collectives to archives, distributors and film festivals. With this foundation, the book engages with contemporary radical film cultures in Africa, Asia, China, Europe, the Middle East as well as North and South America, and connects key historical moments and traditions with the present day. Topics covered include artists' film and video, curation, documentary, feminist and queer film cultures, film festivals and screening practices, network-building, policy interventions and video-activism.

For students, researchers and practitioners, this fascinating and wide-ranging book sheds new light on the political potential of the moving image and represents the activists and organisations pushing radical film forward in new and exciting directions.

For more information about the Radical Film Network, visit www.radicalfilmnetwork.com.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138543614
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/16/2020
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Steve Presence is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at UWE Bristol, UK. His research spans activist film culture, documentary and the UK film and television industries, and he is currently working on an AHRC-funded study of the UK’s feature documentary film industry. He convened the Radical Film Network in 2013.

Mike Wayne is Professor in Film and Media Studies at Brunel University, UK. His research covers radical film practices, media and cultural studies, Marxist theory and questions of class inequality and its cultural impacts.

Jack Newsinger is Assistant Professor in Cultural Industries and Media at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published widely on cultural and media policy, cultural labour and diversity, and has been involved in the Radical Film Network since 2015.

Table of Contents

List of figures x

Acknowledgements xii

List of contributors xiii

Introduction Steve Presence Mike Wayne Jack Newsinger 1

Part I Issues in radical film culture, past and present 7

1 'Admin will make or break the rebellion': building the Radical Film Network Steve Presence 9

2 Imagining change: a history of radical film in the USA Chuck Kleinhans 19

3 Feminist documentary: distribution, exhibition and interactive platforms Julia Lesage 28

4 Video activism on the social web Chris Tedjasukmana Jens Eder 41

5 TV interventions: artists, activists and alternative media Ieuan Franklin 53

Part II Interventions in practice and politics 67

6 Spaces of the possible: developing the Radical Film Network in Scotland David Archibald 69

7 Ciutat Morta/Dead City: agency, ICTs and critical urban documentary in the Spanish context Ana Rodríguez Granell 79

8 The practice and politics of radical documentary circulation: a case-study of tactical media in India Shweta Kishore 89

9 Activist filmmaking in Africa, with a focus on Cameroonian Jean-Marie Teno Mette Hjort 100

10 Radical cinema in Israel and Palestine after Oslo: unrealistic hopes and unwarranted expectations Haim Bresheeth 113

11 Scratch Video revisited Nick Cope 125

12 A funny thing happened on the way to Utopia - The Workshop Declaration (1982-1989) Andy Robson 137

Part III Festivals and exhibition 149

13 Film, interrupted: alternative screening practices for a radical film culture Elena Boschi 151

14 Re-thinking human rights film festivals: a radical perspective Anthony Killick 163

15 Frames of counterpower: the politics of film programming Ezra Winton 175

16 'Communist international of queer films': the radical culture of the Beijing Queer Film Festival Hongwei Bao 190

17 Star and Shadow Cinema and before: radical screening culture in Newcastle upon Tyne Christo Wallers 203

Part IV Interviews 213

18 Artists' moving image Oliver Ressler Mike Wayne 215

19 European feature docs: Moviemienta/Aris Chatzistefanou interviewed Jack Newsinger Steve Presence Mike Wayne 221

20 Video-activism: Reel News: An interview Shaun Dey Eamonn Kelly 228

21 Community access: Echo Park Film Center Paolo Davanzo Lisa Marr interviewed Steve Presence 234

22 'We need critical magazines, debates, spaces!': Third Cinema in Morocco Nadir Boumouch interviewed Steve Presence 240

Index 246

Film index 251

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