ReFocus : : The Films of Barbara Kopple / / Jeff Jaeckle, Susan Ryan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Jaeckle, Jeff,; Ryan, Susan,
• MitwirkendeR: Aufderheide, Patricia,; Baron, Jaimie,; Brown, Gregory,; Corner, John,; Grindon, Leger,; Hearst, Kate,; Jaeckle, Jeff,; Kaplan, E. Ann,; McIntosh, Heather,; McLane, Betsy A.,; Nichols, Bill,; Palmer, Augusta,; Rabinowitz, Paula,; Ryan, Susan,; Zaniello, Tom,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The American Directors Series : RFADS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 30 B/W illustrations

A collection of critical essays on Barbara Kopple: director, documentarian and female filmmaking pioneerAs the first woman to win two Best Documentary Oscars and the recipient of numerous lifetime achievement awards, Barbara Kopple deserves scholarly attention. Two of her early documentaries, Harlan County USA and American Dream, not only won Academy Awards but are foundational within the study of documentary as a whole.In ReFocus: The Films of Barbara Kopple, a range of international scholars trace Kopple’s career to date, analysing her contributions in the contexts of funding, style, production and reception, and examining her films’ interrogations of social class using the lenses of gender, sexuality and race. In a shifting digital media landscape, Kopple’s critical reputation is also assessed, alongside her enduring influence on contemporary filmmakers.ContributorsPatricia Aufderheide, American University in Washington, D.C. Jaimie Baron, University of Alberta and director of the Festival of (In)appropriationGregory Brown, Valdosta State University John Corner, Leeds University Leger Grindon, Middlebury College in VermontKate Hearst, historian, scholar and filmmakerJeff Jaeckle, Portland Community CollegeE. Ann Kaplan, Stony Brook UniversityHeather McIntosh, Minnesota State University at MankatoBetsy A. McLane, independent scholar, author and Director Emerita of the International Documentary Association Bill Nichols, San Francisco State UniversityAugusta Palmer, filmmaker and St. Francis CollegePaula Rabinowitz, University of MinnesotaSusan Ryan, The College of New JerseyThomas Zaniello, Northern Kentucky University

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- CHAPTER 1 Barbara Kopple: A Career of Personal Crises and Creative Tensions -- Part I Historical Contexts and Cultural Commentary -- CHAPTER 2 Harlan County, USA and the Documentary Form: A Forty-year Retrospective -- CHAPTER 3 American Dream in God’s Country: Odysseys in Documentary, Hospitality, Place -- CHAPTER 4 The Kopple Effect: Women Directing Documentaries -- CHAPTER 5 Gender Agency: Harlan County, USA, Shut Up & Sing!, and This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous -- CHAPTER 6 The Peekskill Projects: Race, Riots, and Paul Robeson -- CHAPTER 7 Celebrity and Vulnerability in Three Documentaries by Barbara Kopple -- Part II Technique: Interviews, Music, Funding, and Fiction Filmmaking -- CHAPTER 8 Fallen Champ: Poetics of the Documentary Film Interview -- CHAPTER 9 Which Side Are You On? An Intersectional Approach to Music in Three Films by Barbara Kopple -- CHAPTER 10 Blurring Lines and Intersecting Realities in Barbara Kopple’s Fictional Work -- CHAPTER 11 Kopple’s Work within the Changing Documentary Business Ecology -- CHAPTER 12 Exposing the Lethal Gaze in Shut Up & Sing! and Running from Crazy -- Part III Impacts: Critical Reception and Ongoing Influence -- CHAPTER 13 Barbara Kopple: Acolyte to Leading Light -- CHAPTER 14 Kopple and her Critics -- Afterword: Getting Inside -- Index