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Film and TV's James MacDowell Publishes Interview with Richard Dyer and Video Essay
This interview is based on a recorded q&a that James conducted with Richard for third year core module Film Aesthetics (in 2020), and features many questions that were posed to him by our students. You can read the article here.
James also made a video essay inspired by one strand of his dialogue with Richard. 'Reading With the Grain: Queer Theory, Interpretation & the Hays Code' can be viewed on YouTube .
鈥楲atin American Cinema: Between Theory and Practice鈥� comprises three sessions taking place at the BFI Southbank in June and July.
This is the third series of workshops devoted to re-envisioning film theory in a global context. For session 1, on 19 June, 鈥楧epth of Field, Class Conflict and the Latin American Cinema of Domestic Service鈥�, Tiago de Luca (天美传媒) will focus on depth-of-field theories in 鈥榗inema of domestic work鈥�. This session will consider whether Andr茅 Bazin鈥檚 foundational writings on depth of field can be applied to recent Latin American films about the relationship between employers and live-in domestic workers.
Tickets can be booked .