Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144), filmography (pages 145-146), and indexes.
Contents:
Foreword / David E. James -- Introduction: The cultural practice of immigrant filmmaking : -- Film and theory ; Minor cinemas, the public sphere and the production of locality ; Migration and diaspora: notes on recent research ; Outline of the book -- Chapter 1. Migrants' minor cinemas: beyond accented and exilic cinema : Accented cinema ; Minor cinema ; Beyond textual models of the accented and exilic -- Chapter 2. Conditions of production: immigrant's associations and workshops in Sweden : Immigration and culture in post-war Sweden ; Establishing experimental film culture: The Independent Film Group ; Immigrant film as cultural policy: The Stockholm Film Workshop ; The momentary agency: Cineco (Cinecooperativo) ; To be or not to be a filmmaker: Kaleidoscope ; Do it yourself: The Tensta Film Association ; The production of film, the production of experience and the public -- Chapter 3. From avant-garde to communion: ten films by immigrant filmmakers in Sweden : Fabulations in the minor key ; "Studie 1 (Uppvaknandet)" by Peter Weiss (1952) ; "Monos" by the Tensta Film Association (1974) ; "Vill du följa med mig Martha?" by the Tensta Film Association (1980) ; "Interference" by Maureen Paley (1977) ; "Jordmannen" by Muammer Özer (1980) ; "Hägringen" by Guillermo Álvarez (1981) ; "Havet är långt borta" by Reza Bagher (1983) ; "Löftet" by Menelaos Carayannis (1984) ; "La espera" by Myriam Braniff (1989) ; "Fem minuter för Amerikas döda/Pichqa minutukuna ilaqtanchispi wanuqkunamanta" by César Galindo (1992) ; Projecting a public, creating a context -- Chapter 4. The cultural practice of minor immigrant cinema archiving : The archival life of cinema ; The archival trajectories of the immigrant films ; The Stockholm Film Workshop and immigrant filmmaking ; Performing accidental archives ; Dispositif in the making, palimpsests of minor histories and the politics of recognition -- Conclusion: Immigrant filmmaking as minor cinema practice.
Summary:
Based on a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, this book examines 40 years of post-war independent immigrant filmmaking in Sweden. The authors consider the creativity that lies in the state of exile, offering analyses of over 50 rarely seen immigrant films that would otherwise remain invisible and unarchived. They shed light on the complex web of personal, economic and cultural circumstances that surround migrant filmmaking, discuss associations that became important sites of self-organization for exiled filmmakers and explore the cultural practice of minor immigrant cinema archiving. This book applies film theory to immigrant filmmaking in a transnational context, exploring how immigrant filmmakers use film to find a place in a new cultural situation.
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