Movies on a Mission

American Protestants and the Foreign Missionary Film, 1906–1956 (livre en anglais)

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de Glenn Reynolds

Type: Etudes
Sujet: Genre > Documentaire
Mots Clés: religion, documentaire
Année d'édition: 2023
Editeur: McFarland & Co
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 243 pages
18 x 25,5 cm

ISBN

978-1-4766-8539-7

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This investigation into the little-known genre of mission-oriented films uncovers how Protestant missionaries overseas sought to bring back motion picture footage from remote parts of the world. In the broader religious community, mission films aimed to educate congregants back home about efforts to evangelize communities around the world. This book, however, demonstrates the larger impact of mission films on American visual culture. The evolution and development of the genre is highlighted from an early emphasis on “foreign views” in the 1910s, to interwar films providing a more detailed look at how mission stations functioned in far-flung lands, to Cold War productions which at times functioned as veritable propaganda tools parroting anti-communist discourse emanating from the CIA.

À propos de l'auteur :
Glenn Reynolds is a professor of history at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York. He specializes in forgotten cinemas at the margins, especially colonial cinema in Africa, and the global proliferation of missionary films. He lives in Ossining, New York.

Revue de Presse :
"…this in-depth research significantly expands our understanding of how religious leaders utilized films in evangelistic and humanitarian work around the globe. This is an outstanding scholarly work that expands the boundaries of what film studies can be."—Terry Lindvall, author of Sanctuary Cinema: The Origins and the Evolution of the Christian Film Industry

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