European Cinema in Motion: Migrant and Diasporic Film in Contemporary Europe

Transnational mobility and migration are amongst the most powerful forces of social transformation in the contemporary world. Over the past three decades, representations of migrant and diasporic experiences and the dynamics of postmodern multiculturalism have assumed a prominent position in European mainstream and art-house cinema. Film-makers with a migratory background have brought about the World Cinema turn in European Cinema by introducing new narratives and by fusing Western and non-...