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Performing Arts History & Criticism

Beyond the Screen

Institutions, Networks, and Publics of Early Cinema

edited by Marta Braun, Charles Keil, Rob King, Paul S. Moore & Louis Pelletier

Publisher
John Libbey Publishing
Initial publish date
Aug 2012
Category
History & Criticism
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780861967032
    Publish Date
    Aug 2012
    List Price
    $46.00

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The visionaries of early motion pictures thought that movies could do more than just entertain. They imagined the medium had the potential to educate and motivate the audience. In national and local contexts from Europe, North America, and around the world, early filmmakers entered the domains of science and health education, social and religious uplift, labor organizing and political campaigning. Beyond the Screen captures this pioneering vision of the future of cinema.

About the authors

Marta Braun is an internationally known historian of locomotion photography and the beginning of motion pictures. She teaches at Ryerson University in Toronto.

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