Description
About the Author
Virginia Garner began her career in photography with the Africa Motion Picture Project, as she and her husband, Ray Garner, developed their film-making collaboration that was to last fifty years. Her diaries chronicle the adventures of their early married life in central Africa and the challenges of producing ten short films they made in 1938-39. Glenn Reynolds is assistant professor of history at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York. He teaches U.S. history and a wide array of non-Western history courses, with a research emphasis on the origins of cinema in Africa.
Reviews
Glenn Reynolds has done the academic community a great service by bringing these journals to light. But Garner's diaries should appeal to an audience beyond academia. Her narrative provides a snapshot of one American's world view at the cusp of the 'American century.' Garner's diaries are particularly valuable because they contribute a woman's voice into the dialogue about early colonial film-making. -- J. M. Burns, professor of African history, Clemson University, author, Flickering Shadows: Cinema and Identity in Colonial Zimbabwe
Book Information
ISBN 9780761853817
Author Virginia Garner
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint University Press of America
Publisher University Press of America
Weight(grams) 413g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 17mm