The Cultural Practice of Immigrant Filmmaking

Lars Gustaf Andersson, John Sundholm

ISBN 10: 1783209860 / ISBN 13: 9781783209866

Published by Intellect, GB, 2019

About this Item

This book will be released as Open Access. Based on a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, this book examines 40 years of post-war independent immigrant filmmaking in Sweden. John Sundholm and Lars Gustaf Andersson consider the creativity that lies in the state of exile, offering analyses of over 50 rarely seen immigrant films that would otherwise remain invisible and unarchived. They shed light on the complex web of personal, economic, and cultural circumstances that surround migrant filmmaking, discuss associations that became important sites of self-organization for exiled filmmakers, and explore the cultural practice of minor immigrant cinema archiving. The Cultural Practice of Immigrant Filmmaking applies film theory to immigrant filmmaking in a transnational context, exploring how immigrant filmmakers use film to find a place in a new cultural situation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Cultural Practice of Immigrant Filmmaking
• Publisher: Intellect, GB
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783209860
• ISBN 13: 9781783209866
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 482 grams

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Synopsis

This book will be released as Open Access.

Based on a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, this book examines 40 years of post-war independent immigrant filmmaking in Sweden. John Sundholm and Lars Gustaf Andersson consider the creativity that lies in the state of exile, offering analyses of over 50 rarely seen immigrant films that would otherwise remain invisible and unarchived. They shed light on the complex web of personal, economic, and cultural circumstances that surround migrant filmmaking, discuss associations that became important sites of self-organization for exiled filmmakers, and explore the cultural practice of minor immigrant cinema archiving. The Cultural Practice of Immigrant Filmmaking applies film theory to immigrant filmmaking in a transnational context, exploring how immigrant filmmakers use film to find a place in a new cultural situation.

About the Author

John Sundholm is chair of the Department of Media Studies and professor of cinema studies at Stockholm University. Lars Gustaf Andersson is professor of film studies at Lund University.