Sport, Film, and the Modern World
by Neil Archer
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Book Presentation:
Rethinking the discussion of sport and cinema, Sport, Film, and the Modern World takes an inter-disciplinary approach to the sports movie. Exploring a range of films, from fictional works and biopics to experimental documentaries, the book argues for the sports film’s ability to illuminate individual sporting experience.
About the Author:
Neil Archer is Senior Lecturer in Film at Keele University (UK). He is the author of eight previous books, including Twenty-First-Century Hollywood: Rebooting the System (2019) and The Social Network: Youth Film 2.0 (2022).
See the publisher website: Peter Lang
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