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The Conscience of Cinema: The works of Joris Ivens 1912-1989

Thomas Waugh

This is the first book to survey the entire career of Joris Ivens, a prolific documentary filmmaker who worked on every continent over the course of seven decades.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Jun 17th, 2016
  • Pages: 780
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.30in - 6.50in - 1.80in - 2.95lb
  • EAN: 9789089647535
  • Categories: Film & Video

About the Author

Waugh, Thomas: - Thomas Waugh is University Research Chair in Documentary and in Sexual Representation at Concordia University, Montreal, where he has taught since 1976. His most recent books are The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film (2011) and The Perils of Pedagogy: The Works of John Greyson (2013).

Praise for this book

Included in in Choice's annual Outstanding Academic Titles list for 2017.

Winner of the Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award, American Society of Cinema and Media 2017!