Wallflower Press Book Launch and Signing
Fri 31 Oct, 6:30pm-7.30pm | Filmhouse Guild Room | Free but ticketed
Widescreen: Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere is the new book by
renowned critic and filmmaker Mark Cousins, published by Wallflower Press.
Combining articles from the acclaimed journal Prospect, he has
charted and contextualised the radical changes cinema has undergone in
the last decade. Writing from Britain, Europe, Iran, India and Africa,
he has looked at the social trends and aesthetic implications of
modern cinema's shifting sands. The result is a sceptical, passionate,
eye-witness account of film today, argued originally and written with
panache.
Mark Cousins is a filmmaker and producer, film critic,
broadcaster and festival director. As a fervent supporter of African
cinema, he is an advisor to the Africa in Motion film festival. He is
the author of the highly acclaimed The Story of Film (2004) and his documentary
subjects have included neo-Nazism and the history of
Iranian cinema. Mark is presently Honorary Lecturer in Film and Media
Studies at the University of Stirling.
Join us for a glass of wine at
this event, where the book will be introduced by the editorial
director of Wallflower Press, Yoram Allon, with Mark Cousins present
for signings.