Description: In these two volumes of original essays, scholars from around the world address the history of British colonial cinema stretching from the emergence of cinema at the height of imperialism, to moments of decolonization andthe ending of formal imperialism in the post-Second World War.
Brief description: LEE GRIEVESON is Professor of Media History at University College London, UK. He is the author of 'Policing Cinema: Movies and Censorship in Early Twentieth Century America (2004); co-editor, with Colin MacCabe, of 'Empire and Film' and 'Film and the End of Empire' (BFI, 2011) and 'Cinema and the Wealth of Nations: Media, Capital, and the Liberal World System' (2018).