Open AccessThird Cinema Theory: New Perspectives
Author(s) -
Nicola Marzano
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
kinema
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2562-5764
pISSN - 1192-6252
DOI - 10.15353/kinema.vi.1202
Subject(s) - movie theater , popularity , latin americans , third world , film theory , media studies , aesthetics , sociology , race (biology) , political science , gender studies , social science , history , art , law , art history , economic history
THIRD CINEMA THEORY: NEW PERSPECTIVES Synopsis This article tries to address established notions of Third Cinema theory and its film makers from developing and postcolonial nations. The 'Third Cinema' movement called for a politicised film-making practice in Africa, Asia and Latin America, since its first appearance during the 60s and 70s taking on board issues of race, class, religion, and national integrity. The films investigated in this paper, from directors such as Sembene, Getino, Solanas and Guzman, are amongst the most culturally significant and politically sophisticated from this movement and which denote the adoption of an independent, often oppositional stance towards commercial genre emanating from the more developed capitalist world. However, despite the contemporary popularity and critical attention enjoyed by films from Asia and Latin America in particular, Third Cinema appears to have lost its momentum. This article wants to bring Third Cinema back to attention. There are...