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Short films from a small nation : Danish informational cinema 1935-1965 /

"For three decades, state-sponsored short filmmaking educated Danish citizens, promoted Denmark to the world, and shaped the careers of renowned directors like Carl Th. Dreyer. The first book-length study in English of a national corpus of state-sponsored informational film, this book traces ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thomson, C. Claire (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Series:Traditions in world cinema.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Enlightenment and Utility: Informational Film as Useful Cinema
  • 2. We are a Little Land: Informational Film and Small-nation Cinema
  • 3. Mapping Messiness: The Informational Film Archive and Actor-Network Theory
  • 4. The Film World's Cooperative Store: Institutions and Films of the 1930s and 1940s
  • 5. A Film-progressive Nation: The Social Denmark Series and the British Documentary Movement
  • 6. Somethin' about Scandinavia: Danish Shorts on the Post-war International Scene
  • 7. Citizens of the Future: Informational Film and the Welfare State
  • 8. A Free Hand: The Art Film versus the Art of Documentary
  • 9. Symphony of a Short Film: A City Called Copenhagen.