Description: An exploration of the Kinora, one of the earliest examples of an amateur filmmaking device, highlighting its significance to early 20th century moving image culture.
Brief description: Elizabeth Evans is Professor of Screen Cultures at the University of Nottingham, UK. She is author of Understanding Engagement in Transmedia Culture (2020) and Tansmedia Television (2011).
Review Quotes:
"The book shines a light on the Kinora - a dazzling forgotten early moving image technology marketed for domestic use - through a never-before publicly seen collection of reels preserved by the author's own family." --Mario Slugan, Queen Mary University of London, UK
"Fundamentally sound, this is a book that opens new pathways for exploration in early cinema work." --Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television