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    The Grierson effect : tracing documentary's international movement / edited by Zoë Druick and Deane Williams.

    • Title:The Grierson effect : tracing documentary's international movement / edited by Zoë Druick and Deane Williams.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Druick, Zoë, editor.
      Williams, Deane, editor.
    • Published/Created:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2014.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Grierson, John, 1898-1972--Influence.
      Documentary films--History and criticism.
      Documentary films--Production and direction.
    • Description:xii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
    • Series:Cultural histories of cinema.
    • Summary:This landmark collection of essays considers the global legacy of John Grierson, the father of British documentary. Exploring the influence of his ideas on documentary and educational film in a wide range of national contexts, this book foregrounds core issues and new perspectives in international documentary cinema cultures and histories.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781844575404 (hardback)
      1844575403 (hardback)
      9781844575398 (paperback)
      184457539X (paperback)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. John Grierson and the United States / Stephen Charbonneau
      2. John Grierson and Russian Cinema: An Uneasy Dialogue / Julia Vassilieva
      3. To Play The Part That Was in Fact His/Her Own / Brian Winston
      4. Translating Grierson: Japan / Abe Markus Nornes
      5. Social Poetics of Documentary: Grierson and the Scandinavian Documentary Tradition / Ib Bondebjerg
      6. Griersonian Influence and Its Challenges: Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong (1939-73) / Ian Aitken
      7. Grierson in Canada / Zoe Druick
      8. Imperial Relations with Polynesian Romantics: The John Grierson Effect in New Zealand / Simon Sigley
      9. Grierson Cinema: Australia / Deane Williams
      10. John Grierson in India: The Films Division under the Influence? / Camille Deprez
      11. Grierson in Ireland / Jerry White
      12. White Fathers Hear Dark Voices? John Grierson and British Colonial Africa at the End of Empire / Martin Stollery
      13. Grierson, Afrikaner Nationalism and South Africa / Keyan G. Tomaselli
      14. Grierson and Latin America: Encounters, Dialogues and Legacies / Maria Luisa Ortega.
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