The Political Economy of Local Cinema: a Critical Introduction

Download or read book The Political Economy of Local Cinema: a Critical Introduction written by Anne Rajala and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The globalization and digitalization of cultural markets presents formidable challenges for local cinema and storytelling. The essays in this collection address some of these challenges from the perspective of a critical political economy of local cinema. Inspiring these contributions is the effort of supporting local cinema as a form of valuable storytelling that is at risk of market-driven extinction because of the greater commercial viability of global or Hollywood cinema and national cinema.