Third Cinema and the Time of the Child: Revolutionary Arts of and for Children
by Suzanne Schulz “It is a noble thing, the rearing of warriors for the revolution.” –Toni Cade, 1970 I approach this project as a newish parent, steeped in the magic and potentiality of children’s books and movies, but also hesitantly … Read More
Nothing About Us Without Us: Mutual Aid and Disability Justice as a form of Third Cinema
by Michelle Ermolenko From guerilla films to film as a keeper of memory, third cinema has always adapted itself to become a meeting ground for conversations to occur. Community building and sharing resources have always been a staple of disability … Read More
The Role Soviet Cinema played in the Third Cinema Movement
by Lidiya Kan The question of whether Soviet cinema can be considered Third cinema has been lingering in my mind during the class. The films I had not seen before looked strangely familiar, the ideas that the readings raised felt … Read More
Towards Collaborative Filmmaking: Lessons and Considerations from Two Laws and Two Towns of Jasper
by Krause A.S. Whitney Dow and Marco Williams on the set of Two Towns of Jasper (2002). Since Robert Flaherty’s groundbreaking film Nanook of the North, the ethics of documentary filmmaking have been a central conversation surrounding documentary filmmaking … Read More
Disability, Form, and Distribution
by Jordan Lord Introduction For my final project, I wanted to think about disabled artists, activists and filmmakers who don’t just represent disability in their work but who also underscore disability as the means by which it appears and … Read More
The Development of Social-themed film festivals in Taiwan’s democratic process
1987 was a critical year for Taiwan. After being ruled by martial law for forty years, Taiwan was finally released from its constraints and pushed its society toward democratic development. In 1996, the President of Taiwan was elected directly by … Read More
the revolution will *not* be anti-social
a case study in social media storytelling, self-distribution, and community activation As we have seen over the course of this semester, “Third Cinema” is a broad and inclusive term for any form of storytelling done outside of/in opposition to … Read More
Moral Economies of Crowdfunding Through the Lens of Third Cinema
by Amy Jones Crowdfunding has gained significant traction over the past decade as an alternative to dominant financing models, not only for film production, but for a variety of projects requiring startup capital. Much has been made of the … Read More
Eurasian Third Cinema
By Katherin Machalek The Eurocentric concept of the nation-state has disoriented the identities of peoples subjected to colonial rule. In an effort to slice up and own vast parts of the globe, colonialist powers constructed ethnically and politically awkward unions, … Read More
Video-halls in Africa, a new film distribution model
At a time when movie theaters are closing almost everywhere in Africa due to different economical or political reasons varying from nation to nation, other venues started to proliferate in West and East Africa in order to bring films to … Read More