Indiana University Press
Early Cinema in Asia
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- Nick Deocampo
- Indiana University Press
- Paperback
- 9780253025548
- 9 X 6 X 0.74 inches
- 1.05 pounds
- Performing Arts > Film - History & Criticism
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Early Cinema in Asia explores how cinema became a popular medium in the world's largest and most diverse continent. Beginning with the end of Asia's colonial period in the 19th century, contributors to this volume document the struggle by pioneering figures to introduce the medium of film to the vast continent, overcoming geographic, technological, and cultural difficulties. As an early form of globalization, film's arrival and phenomenal growth throughout various Asian countries penetrated not only colonial territories but also captivated collective states of imagination. With the coming of the 20th century, the medium that began as mere entertainment became a means for communicating many of the cultural identities of the region's ethnic nationalities, as they turned their favorite pastime into an expression of their cherished national cultures. Covering diverse locations, including China, India, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, and the countries of the Pacific Islands, contributors to this volume reveal the story of early cinema in Asia, helping us to understand the first seeds of a medium that has since grown deep roots in the region.
Author Bio
Nick Deocampo is a prizewinning filmmaker, film historian, and a Professorial Lecturer at the College of Mass Communication in the University of the Philippines. He received his Master of Arts degree in Cinema Studies at the New York University through a Fulbright Scholarship grant. He also received his Certificate in Film as a French Government scholar in Paris, France.
He won numerous awards for his gritty documentaries and personal films about Philippine politics and social change, cinema and history, gender and environment as well as other social concerns. Deocampo received academic honors as Scholar-in-Residence in New York University and fellowships from prestigious academic institutions. He was among the pioneer recipients of the Asian Public Intellectuals fellowship grant. He has written several books on cinema including his on-going work on a five-volume history of cinema in the Philippines, from which is based a ten-hour documentary film series on the same subject. He has served as a film jury member in various international and Philippine film festivals.
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