Academic Films for the Classroom

A History

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de Geoff Alexander

Type

Studies

Sujet

Sociology

Mots Clés

teaching, role of cinema

Année d'édition

2010

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Paperback • 244 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-5870-7

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Exploring a realm of film often dismissed as campy or contrived, this book traces the history of classroom educational films from the silent era through the 1980s, when film finally began to lose ground to video-based and digital media. It profiles 35 individual academic filmmakers who played a role in bringing these roughly 100,000 16mm films to classrooms across North America, paying particular attention to auteur John Barnes and his largely neglected body of work. Other topics include the production companies contributing to the growth and development of the academic film genre; the complex history of post-Sputnik, federally-funded educational initiatives which influenced the growth of the academic film genre; and the denouement of the genre in classrooms and its resurgence on the Internet.

À propos de l'auteur :
Geoff Alexander is the author of multiple books on cinema and popular culture. He is the founder and director of the Academic Film Archive of North America in San Jose, California.

Revue de Presse:
"Alexander’s book is a highly readable paean to the men and women behind these academic films…Alexander’s compelling narrative and anecdotal style make it hard to put the book down"—The Moving Image.

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