CAS CI 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Guerrilla Warfare, Consciousness Raising, Fernando Solanas
3 Mar 2017
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By mid 70"s, third world cinema was recognized as one of the most important and innovative movements in contemporary filmmaking. Covers a wide range of films produced on three continents in countries most of which have long histories of exploitation and colonial oppression by western powers. Post-wwii phenomenon for developing countries (at that time) Conceive cinema not for entertainment or profit, but as a compelling means of mass persuasion, cultural consolidation, and consciousness raising. Filmmakers often operate from an independent production base outside of the countries" established film industries. Distinguished by its use of unconventional production modes, secret production, on-location shooting of guerilla warfare, non-western or extra-national funding. Rejects the narrative syntax of hollywood in an effort to extend the limits of film structure and provide audiences with new ways of seeing their sociopolitical reality. Goal is the reclamation of authentic forms of national cultural expression long obscured by imposed foreign values.
