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100 1 _aRoy, Carole,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDocumentary Film Festivals :
_bTransformative Learning, Community Building and Solidarity /
_cCarole Roy.
264 1 _aLeiden,
_aBoston :
_bBrill | Sense,
_c2016.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aTransgressions: Cultural Studies and Education;
_vv. 115
490 0 _aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _aPreliminary Material -- Politics, Media, and Documentary Film Festivals -- Three Documentary Film Festivals -- Transformative Learning -- Challenging Assumptions and Gaining New Perspectives -- Fostering Community and Solidarity -- Inspiring Engagement -- Weavers of Dreams -- Conclusion -- References -- Lists of Documentary Films and Film Festivals.
506 _aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520 _aDocumentary film festivals do more than provide a venue for watching films: they have the potential to foster critical thinking, especially toward mainstream media. The film festivals discussed in this book also help build a sense of community locally, as well as promote solidarity with people involved in struggles for social justice and ecological integrity around the world. Documentaries by independent filmmakers reveal stories ignored by mass media, stories at times tragic but more often than not inspiring. It can be said that documentary film festivals create a public space for citizens to listen together and to become informed on current issues in greater depth than newscast bulletins offer. This book shows how documentary films create a liminal space with transformative potential, a space that challenges assumptions, supports the development of empathy, and often stimulates engagement and action. In viewing documentaries together and engaging in critical reflection and dialogue, citizens can imagine alternative possibilities and consider solutions. Documentary Film Festivals: Transformative Learning, Community Building andamp; Solidarity offers the voices of attendees, sponsors, and organizers who shared their thoughts and experiences of documentary film festivals and the impact on their views and engagement. Activists and organizers of various social movements who are seeking ways to inform and inspire will see evidence in this text that documentary film festivals are a means of drawing diverse audiences, engaging differences and respectfully promoting hope and preferred visions of the future. Documentary Film Festivals: Transformative Learning, Community Building andamp; Solidarity includes concrete examples of creative and courageous struggles that have led to victories often ignored by the media. This book is bound to inspire.
650 0 _aFilm festivals.
650 0 _aDocumentary films.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tDocumentary Film Festivals: Transformative Learning, Community Building & Solidarity
_dLeiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2016,
_z9789463004794
830 0 _aTransgressions: Cultural Studies and Education
_v115.
830 0 _aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001.
856 4 _zDOI:
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-480-0
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