Description:
This book offers the first full account of the film society movement in Britain and its contribution to post-World War Two film culture. It brings to life a lost history of alternative film exhibition and challenges the general assumption that the study of film began with university courses on 'Film Studies'.
Brief description:
Richard Lowell MacDonald is a lecturer in the Media and Communications department at Goldsmiths, University of London. His specific research interests include the history of cinema and visual culture, institutions of film criticism and pedagogy, the aesthetics of documentary and ethnographic film, and historic and contemporary modes of moving image exhibition beyond the cinema theatre.
Review Quotes:
'This is an interesting project, based on thorough research, dealing with a topic that deserves to be better known and better documented.' (Professor Andrew Higson, Dept. of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York)
'This book serves as a valuable companion to an emerging literature on the history of film studies, both internationally and specifically within Britain.' (Professor Richard Maltby, Dept. of Screen and Media, Flinders University)