Analyses how migrants are portrayed in film from different viewpoints
- Deciphers the semiotics of migration and its representation in cinema
- Analyses films which depict migration in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East
- Explores films that transgress mainstream popular currents and instead participate in alternative networks, such as internet, festivals, museums, and art-house circuits
Presenting the depiction of migration through a variety of cinematic outlets, this volume explores filmโs depiction of human displacement in different geographic circumstances and probes the reasons why cinema so frequently evokes a stereotype of in-transit people. Techniques of affect and distance are revealed in the contributorsโ close film studies of wide-ranging matter which include works by the Dardenne brothers, transnational video artists Ghazel and Bouchra Khalili, and studies of Syrian films at Western festivals.
Migrantsโ Perspective, Migrants in Perspective: World Cinema deciphers the semiotics of migration and its representation in cinema, exploring both the complications of shooting a migrant subject, and the challenges of including the migrantsโ point of view.