Rethinking Third Cinema

This important anthology addresses established notions about Third Cinema theory, and the cinema practice of developing and postcolonial nations. The 'Third Cinema' movement called for a politicised film-making practice in Africa, Asia and Latin America, one which would take on board issues of race, class, religion, and national integrity. The films which resulted from the movement, from directors such as Ousmane Sembene, Satyajit Ray and Nelson Pereira dos Santos, are among the most culturally signficant, politically sophisticated and frequently studied films of the 1960s and 1970s. However, despite the contemporary popularity and critical attention enjoyed by films from Asia and Latin America in particular, Third Cinema and Third Cinema theory appears to have lost its momentum. Rethinking Third Cinema seeks to bring Third Cinema and Third Cinema theory back into the critical spotlight. The contributors address the most difficult and challenging questions Third Cinema poses, suggesting new methodologies and redirections of existing ones. Crucially, they also re-examine the entire phenomenon of film-making in a fast-vanishing 'Third World', with case studies of the cinemas of India, Iran and Hong Kong, among others. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Contributors......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 Introduction: rethinking Third Cinema......Page 14 Third Cinema theory and beyond......Page 42 Beyond Third Cinema: the aesthetics of hybridity......Page 44 Challenging Third World legacies: issues of gender, culture, and representation......Page 62 Post-Third-Worldist culture: gender, nation, and thecinema......Page 64 The erotics of history: gender and transgression in the Asian cinemas......Page 92 Alternative cinemas in the age of globalization......Page 114 Authorship, globalization, and the new identity of Latin American cinema: from the Mexican ~ranchera~ to Argentinian ~exile~......Page 116 Video booms and the manifestations of ~first~ cinema in anglophone Africa......Page 139 The relocation of culture: social specificity and the ~Third~ question......Page 158 What's ~oppositional~ in Indonesian cinema?......Page 160 The seductions of homecoming: place, authenticity, and Chen Kaige's Temptress Moon......Page 179 Receiving/retrieving Third (World) Cinema: alternative approaches to spectator studies and critical history......Page 194 Theorizing ~Third World~ film spectatorship: the case ofIran and Iranian cinema......Page 196 Rethinking Indian popular cinema: towards newer frames of understanding......Page 215 Index......Page 239

this Important Anthology Addresses Established Notions About Third Cinema Theory, And The Cinema Practice Of Developing And Postcolonial Nations. The 'third Cinema' Movement Called For A Politicised Film-making Practice In Africa, Asia And Latin America, One Which Would Take On Board Issues Of Race, Class, Religion, And National Integrity. The Films Which Resulted From The Movement, From Directors Such As Ousmane Sembene, Satyajit Ray And Nelson Pereira Dos Santos, Are Among The Most Culturally Signficant, Politically Sophisticated And Frequently Studied Films Of The 1960s And 1970s. However, Despite The Contemporary Popularity And Critical Attention Enjoyed By Films From Asia And Latin America In Particular, Third Cinema And Third Cinema Theory Appears To Have Lost Its Momentum.
rethinking Third Cinema Seeks To Bring Third Cinema And Third Cinema Theory Back Into The Critical Spotlight. The Contributors Address The Most Difficult And Challenging Questions Third Cinema Poses, Suggesting New Methodologies And Redirections Of Existing Ones. Crucially, They Also Re-examine The Entire Phenomenon Of Film-making In A Fast-vanishing 'third World', With Case Studies Of The Cinemas Of India, Iran And Hong Kong, Among Others.

The 'Third Cinema' movement called for a politicized film-making in Africa, Asia and Latin America which would address issues of race, class, religion, and national integrity. This anthology addresses notions about Third Cinema theory, and the cinema practice of developing and postcolonial nations In the late 1960s and early 1970s, in the wake of the Vietnamese victory over the French, the Cuban revolution, and Algerian Independence, third world intellectuals called for a "tricontinental revolution" (with Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, and Frantz Fanon as talismanic figures).