Documentary Films in India
This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine Collective and Kumar Shahani. It offers analysis of their documentary methods and aesthetics, exploring how their oeuvres constitute a critical and self-reflexive approach to documentary-making in India.
| Autor: | Sharma, Aparna |
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| ISBN: | 9781349484157 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 276 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.01.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Critical Aesthetics at Work |
| Schlagworte: | Classicism Documentaries in India Documentary Poetics Haptics Nation Northeast India Phenomenology aesthetics bamboo bibliography |
Aparna Sharma is a documentary practitioner and scholar. Her documentaries take up cultural narratives of Indian communities combining techniques of ethnographic and montage film. She is also interested in collaborating with dance and performance artists to create performance and documentary dialogues. As a scholar she is committed to writing about cinema practices that fall outside mainstream cinema. She teaches video practice, combining film and cultural theory, at UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance.