Academic Films for the Classroom: A History - Couverture souple

Alexander, Geoff

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786458704 ISBN 13 : 9780786458707

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Exploring a realm of film often dismissed as campy or contrived, this book traces the history of classroom educational films from the silent era through the 1980s, when film finally began to lose ground to video-based and digital media. It profiles 35 individual academic filmmakers who played a role in bringing these roughly 100,000 16mm films to classrooms across North America, paying particular attention to auteur John Barnes and his largely neglected body of work. Other topics include the production companies contributing to the growth and development of the academic film genre; the complex history of post-Sputnik, federally-funded educational initiatives which influenced the growth of the academic film genre; and the denouement of the genre in classrooms and its resurgence on the Internet.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Geoff Alexander has authored two books on cinema and has written on musical subjects ranging from jazz history to flamenco. He is the founder and director of the Academic Film Archive of North America, in San Jose, California, the first archive solely dedicated to the history, preservation, and scholarship of the classroom educational film.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786458704
• ISBN 13: 9780786458707
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible