Description
This is the first book to survey the entire career of Joris Ivens, a prolific documentary filmmaker who worked on every continent over the course of seven decades. More than a biography of a leftist committed to changing the world through film, The Conscience of Cinema is also a microcosmic history of the documentary and its form, culture, and place within twentieth-century world cinema. Ivens worked in almost every genre, including the essay, compilation, hybrid dramatization, socialist realism, and more. Whether in his native Netherlands, the Soviet Union, the United States, Vietnam, or beyond, he left an indelible artistic and political mark that continues to resonate in the twenty-first century.
About the Author
Book Information
ISBN 9781041187493
Author Thomas Waugh
Format Paperback
Page Count 780
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Series Framing Film
About the Author
Thomas Waugh is University Research Chair in Documentary and in Sexual Representation at Concordia University, Montreal, where he has taught since 1976. His most recent books are The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film (2011) and The Perils of Pedagogy: The Works of John Greyson (2013).
Book Information
ISBN 9781041187493
Author Thomas Waugh
Format Paperback
Page Count 780
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Series Framing Film
