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Lumumba and the Early Films of Raoul Peck
$51.07
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2012
Summary
Among today’s leading filmmakers, none brings to the screen such a deep awareness of how power is channeled from First to Third World societies, or exhibits such great human sensitivity, as Raoul Peck. Collected here for the first time are Peck’s three early feature and documentary screenplays as well as his seminal film Lumumba.In this collection of screenplays are Raoul Peck’s award-winning pair of films that cemented the director’s place in the internationalist cinema canon-the documentary…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781609803933 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1609803930 |
| Author: | Raoul Peck |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 485g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
“Raoul Peck tells the story of the African freedom fighter Patrice Lumumba with fire and grace.” –Michael Agger
“[In Haitian Corner] Peck succeeds admirably with very little detail to make us feel this strange world, this sense of isolation. One thinks of the early films of John Cassavetes.” –Wilfried Wiegan, Frankfurter Allgmeine
“[Peck is] a filmmaker with a fine eye for people and landscapes.” –The New York Times
About The Author
Raoul Peck
Raoul Peck’s feature films and documentaries explore internationalist themes of inequality and offer compelling depictions of Haiti under political duress. In addition to filmmaking, Peck has served as Haiti’s minister of culture. In 2001 he received the Human Rights Watch Lifetime Achievement Award. His most recent film is Moloch Tropical.
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