Asian American Film Festivals: Frames, Locations, and Performances of Memory 9783110696530, 9783110693546

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Asian American Film Festivals: Frames, Locations, and Performances of Memory
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Responding to a lack of studies on the film festival’s role in the production of cultural memory, this book explores dif

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The words “Asian American film” might evoke a painfully earnest, low-budget documentary or family drama, destined to be

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Havana is among the world’s leading cinematic locales. In films made beyond the island as well as those created by local

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An exploration of the impact of 9/11 and the ‘War on Terror’ on American cinema Popular cinema is often derided with t

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The heart of Hollywood’s star-studded film industry for more than a century, Los Angeles and its abundant and ever-chang

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Toronto is a changing city that has been a source of reflection and inspiration to writers and artists whose work focuse

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While scholars have theorized major film festivals, they have ignored smaller, ephemeral, events. In taking seriously mi

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This collection explores the intersections between anthropology and film festival studies. Film and anthropology scholar

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Offers the first sustained analysis of films about ageing and dementia through a temporal framework

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Outside of the capital London, no other British city has attracted more filmmakers than Liverpool. Sometimes standing in

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