Kathleen Collins: : the black essai film / / Geetha Ramanathan.
A philosopher-filmmaker, Kathleen Collins decisively redefined the parameters of African American film with The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980) and Losing Ground (1982). This book uses detailed analyses of Collins’s films to contextualise her work in the African American, feminist and world fil...
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| Superior document: | Visionaries: thinking through female filmakers |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2020] |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Visionaries (Edinburgh University Press)
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 168 pages) :; illustrations (colour); digital file(s). |
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| Summary: | A philosopher-filmmaker, Kathleen Collins decisively redefined the parameters of African American film with The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy (1980) and Losing Ground (1982). This book uses detailed analyses of Collins’s films to contextualise her work in the African American, feminist and world film traditions, and it highlights her contribution to each of these canons. Exploring the philosophical aspects of Collins’s films and placing her in a genealogy of African American auteurs, Geetha Ramanathan argues that Collins uses film to integrate diverse elements of African American culture, showing how the medium can transform the visual and become a site of convergence for ideas on philosophy, otherness, art, aesthetics and the craft of filmmaking |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
| ISBN: | 1474440703 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Geetha Ramanathan. |