Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001 by Joan Hawkins

Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001 by Joan Hawkins

Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001 brings together essays by filmmakers, exhibitors, cultural critics and scholars from multiple generations of the New York Downtown scene to illuminate individual films and filmmakers and explore the creation of a Downtown Canon, the impact of AIDS on younger filmmakers, community access to cable television broadcasts, and the impact of the historic downtown scene on contemporary experimental culture. The book includes J. Hoberman's essay 'No Wavelength: The Parapunk Underground', as well as historical essays by Tony Conrad and Lynne Tillman, interviews with filmmakers Bette Gordon and Beth B, and essays by Ivan Kral and Nick Zedd.

Joan Hawkins is associate professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University.

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ISBN 13	9781783204229
ISBN 10	1783204222
Title	Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001
Author	Joan Hawkins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Intellect Books
Year published	2015-08-15
Number of pages	232
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