[ecrea] New book: Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers: Independence in Practice

New book:
/Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers: Independence in Practice/ 
(Edinburgh University Press)

About the book:
Independent documentary is enjoying a resurgence in post-reform India. 
But in contemporary cinema and media cultures, where ‘independent’ 
operates as an industry genre or critical category, how do we understand 
the significance of this mode of cultural production?
Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, 
circulation practices and the analysis of film texts, this book 
identifies independence as a ‘tactical practice’, contesting the 
normative definitions and functions assigned to culture, cultural 
production and producers in a neoliberal economic system. Focusing on 
selected filmmakers, the book establishes how they have reorganised the 
dominance of industrial media, technology and social relations to 
develop practices that build upon principles of de-economisation, 
artisanship and interdependence.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Histories and Cultures: Space, Filmmaker, Text, Spectator
Public Space and Democratic Instruments
An ‘Involved’ Filmmaker
Text, Representation and Reflexivity
Spectator and Horizontal Communication

2. Method and Meaning
Filmmakers, Histories, Concerns, Aesthetics
Artisanal Production
A Signifying Practice

3. Financing and Production
NGOS and Useful Media
Institutionally Managed Practice
Self-managed Practice
A Tactics of Practice

4. Circulation and Exhibition
The Regulated Public Domain
 From Information to Emotion
Between Participant and Audience
A Tactics of Circulation

5. People and Documentary
The Subject: Institutions and Representation
Artist, Meanings, Obligation
Speaking with the Subject
Independent: Interdependent and Negotiated Consent Practice

Review:
A fine contribution to our understanding of social-issue and activist 
documentary cinema and its lively incarnation in India since 1987. 
Rigorous and resourceful, Kishore’s labour of love ranges from the work 
of five exemplary artists to their theoretical and political context. 
With the growing circulation of independent Indian nonfiction voices and 
images, practising independence becomes increasingly urgent.
/Professor Thomas Waugh, Concordia University/

Ordering information:
Link for the Americas:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/indian-documentary-film-and-filmmakers-9781474433068 


Link for UK, Europe and the rest of the world:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-indian-documentary-film-and-filmmakers.html


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