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On location in Cuba : street filmaking [sic] during times of transition / Ann Marie Stock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stock, Ann Marie.
- Series:
- Envisioning Cuba.
- Envisioning Cuba
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Cuba--History--21st century.
- Motion pictures--Study and teaching (Graduate)--Cuba.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The 1990's were a time of dramatic transformation for Cuba. With the collapse of its Cold War relationship with the Soviet Union, the island nation plummeted into an era of scarcity and uncertainty known as the Special Period, a time from which it emerged only slowly in the new century. On Location in Cuba views these pivotal decades through the lens of cinema. Ann Marie Stock conducted hundreds of interviews and conversations in Cuba to examine individual artists' lives and creative output--including film, video, and audiovisual art. She explores the impact of the Cold War's end, the ec
- Contents:
- Introduction: screening an island nation in transition
- Documenting tumultuous times: new culture organizations proffer alternatives
- Establishing community media in the mountains: Television Serrana strengthens highland identity
- Balancing tradition and innovation: the National Animation Studio negotiates the global marketplace
- Opening new roads: Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti redefines revolutionary filmmaking
- Promoting popular genres: Pavel Giroud revises conceptions of Cuban cinema
- Filming in the margins: Esteban Insausti explores life and art amidst chaos
- Making space for new interventions: a montage from the national exhibit of new filmmakers
- Epilogue: reflections on Cuba, filmmaking, and the times ahead.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908841-1-4
- 979-88-9313-369-1
- 1-4696-0585-6
- 0-8078-9419-2
- OCLC:
- 435630828
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