Academic Films for the Classroom : A History.

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Author / Creator:Alexander, Geoff.
Imprint:Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (245 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Academic films.
Educational films -- History.
Motion pictures in education -- History.
Educational films.
Motion pictures in education.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10370173
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ISBN:9780786460007 55 (NL),82.5 (UA)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
Other form:Print version: Alexander, Geoff Academic Films for the Classroom : A History Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,c2010 9780786458707
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Exploring a realm of film often dismissed as campy or contrived, this book traces the history of classroom educational films from the silent era through the 1980s, when film finally began to lose ground to video-based and digital media. It profiles 35 individual academic filmmakers who played a role in bringing these roughly 100,000 16mm films to classrooms across North America, paying particular attention to auteur John Barnes and his largely neglected body of work. Other topics include the production companies contributing to the growth and development of the academic film genre; the complex history of post-Sputnik, federally-funded educational initiatives which influenced the growth of the academic film genre; and the denouement of the genre in classrooms and its resurgence on the Internet.

Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (245 pages)
ISBN:9780786460007 55 (NL),82.5 (UA)