Human rights film festivals : activism in context /: activism in context. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sonia M. Tascón, Curtin University, Australia.
• Authors: Tascón, Sonia M
• Contents: Introduction -- Human rights: from universalism to internationalism -- Film festivals: activism and the gaze -- Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos, Buenos Aires. Context 1997-2003: history and politics -- The festival 1997-2003: from the desaparecidos to neoliberalism -- Context 2004-2014: post-dictatorship, post-neoliberalism and new Argentine cinema -- The festival 2004-2014: the "other" and cosmopolitan visions -- Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, New York -- Context: from the Cold War to the Yes men -- The festival: presences: Eastern Europe, Middle East and United States -- Context: from Latin America to political documentary in the United States -- The festival: absence: Latin America -- Conclusions. Films and human rights -- Film festivals, audiences and human rights -- Universalism and film festivals.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 248 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43/6581; Film festivals -- Argentina -- History; Film festivals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History; Human rights in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Film festivals; Human rights in motion pictures; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Performing Arts -- General; Social Science -- Media Studies; Films, cinema; Documentary films; Film, TV & radio; Media studies; Motion pictures, American; Documentary films; Motion pictures and television; Communication; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; Argentina; New York (State) -- New York; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137454249; 1137454245
• Related ISBNs: 9781137454232; 1137454237; 9781349497898; 1349497894
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Includes filmography.; Note: Print version record.
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