Cross-Cultural Film Guide Films from Africa, Asia and Latin America at the American University by Patricia Aufderheide This Work
Cross-Cultural Film Guide Films from Africa, Asia and Latin America at The American University By Patricia Aufderheide This work was completed with the Help of a grant from the College of Arts and Sciences Mellon Fund at The American University. It benefited substantially by guidance from Diana Vogelsong, Media Librarian at the American University Library. Hilary Bonta, Howard Heard, and Jeri Jones at the American University Helped research this project. Patricia Aufderheide, assistant professor in the School of Communication, is an editor of In These Times newspaper and Black Film Review, and a member of the film advisory board of the National Gallery of Art. She edited Latin American Visions, a collection of film criticism by Latin Americans, and is a frequent contributor on independent and international film to national magazines and newspapers. © 1992 Patricia Aufderheide TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Film List Other Films Summarized Subject Index Geographical Index INTRODUCTION This is a guide to films, available in video or film either in the Media Services department of Bender Library, or in the Language Lab, that are useful to allow people who may not have much experience with different cultural perspectives to see the world differently, as a result of experiencing an artwork in a mass medium. This guide provides short background sketches on each film, its director and production history, its production context, and its relevance to teaching. Most of them are feature films, although all can be used in excerpt. They come from Africa, Asia and Latin America, mostly from areas where national cinema production is overshadowed by the powerful international cinema/TV industries of the U.S., India and Egypt.
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