Christopher Robe

Christopher Robé is a professor in film and media studies. He has published Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture.,[1] which resituates such well-known auteurs like Sergei Eisenstein and Jean Renoir in an American political context.[2],.[3] It also argues that the 1930s proved a vital moment in time regarding the emergence of Left Film Theory,.[4][5][6]

His most recent book, Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas.,[7] addresses the rise of video activism and the new anarchism from the 1970s to the present.[8][9][10] Robé can be seen discussing the book in the following interview.[11] He is currently researching video activism, state repression, and counter-surveillance in relation to copwatching, counter-summit protesting, animal rights activism, and Muslim-American self-determination. He has published an article on counter-summit protesting, video activism, and surveillance in the journal *Framework*:.[12] He is also conducting archival-based research for a book on Raymond Williams that historically situates some of his key theoretical ideas in developing grassroots media with present-day concerns over the democratization of digital media. His collection co-edited with Stephen Charbonneau, "InsUrgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader" was published in Fall 2020 by Indiana University Press.[13]

He frequently writes occasionally for Pop Matters and Cineaste:

Disruptive Film and Political Turmoil: Disruptive Film and Political Turmoil

Adjusting the Focus on Somali-Americans: "First Person Plural" and "Muslim Youth Voices": Adjusting the Focus on Somali-Americans: 'First Person Plural' and 'Muslim Youth Voices'

Bill Gunn's 'Personal Problems' and a History of the Video Revolution: Bill Gunn's 'Personal Problems' and a History of the Video Revolution

Documenting the Little Abuses: Copwatching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism: Documenting the Little Abuses: Copwatching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism

Field of Vision: An Expedition in Short-Form Documentary Filmmaking: FieldofVision.pdf

Expanding Our Field of Vision: An Interview with Laura Poitras: ExpandOurField.pdf

The Watermelon Woman, or What Happened to New Queer Cinema: 'The Watermelon Woman', or, Whatever Happened to New Queer Cinema?

Disruptive Film: 'Disruptive Film' Creates a Constellation Where the Past and Present Meet

The Quay Brothers Collected Short Films: Pathological Visions: Desire and Alienation in the Films of the Quay Brothers

Two Days, One Night: The Dardennes' Laboring Body in 'Two Days, One Night'

Boyhood: 'Boyhood' and the Transcendence of the Everyday

Jean Luc-Godard, Introduction to a True History of Cinema: Jean-Luc Godard: A Montage of Attractions

References

  1. "Left of Hollywood Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture By Chris Robé". June 5, 2010 via utpress.utexas.edu.
  2. Sergei Eisenstein
  3. Gemünden, Gerd (February 18, 2014). Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933-1951. ISBN 9780231166782.
  4. Neve, Brian (September 1, 2011). "Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture". Journal of American History. 98 (2): 565–566. doi:10.1093/jahist/jar232 via academic.oup.com.
  5. Mosley, Philip (2013). "Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Cultureby Chris Robé. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 30 (2): 198–203. doi:10.1080/10509208.2011.575666. S2CID 191469021.
  6. Schenker, Andrew (2011). "Reviewed work: Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture, Chris Robé". Cinéaste. 36 (3): 63–65. JSTOR 41691048.
  7. "Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas". www.pmpress.org.
  8. "Book Review: Breaking the Spell – A History of Anarchist Filmmakers". Freedom News. January 19, 2018.
  9. "Review" (PDF). www.interfacejournal.net. 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  10. Bayless, Jason. "The New Architects: Breaking the Spell | Zombie Popcorn".
  11. Robé, Chris (2016). "Criminalizing Dissent: Western State Repression, Video Activism, and Counter-Summit Protests". Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media. 57 (2): 161. doi:10.13110/framework.57.2.0161. S2CID 151978118 via www.academia.edu.
  12. "InsUrgent Media from the Front" (PDF).
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