Books and films

Books and films

Books and films that help us understand collective action.

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  1. Değişen Sinema Değişen Seyirci: Film Festivalleri ve Alternatif Arayışlar

    2025 Önder Özdemir (editor) Turkey Labor Cinema; Working-Class Culture; Independent Film Festivals; Alternative Cultural Organizing

    The book on film festivals, Changing Cinema, Changing Audiences: Film Festivals and the Search for Alternatives, is now available. On the tenth anniversary of the Workers’ Film Festival, Workers’ Films and Other “Cinemas” was published under the editorship of Funda Başaran.

    Önder Özdemir Turkey Media and culture Organizing
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  2. Ken Loach: The Art of Activism

    2023 Pierre Chassagnieux France Documentary; Working-Class Cinema; Labor Politics; Social Justice; Anti-Neoliberalism

    Two times winner of the Palme d'Or, Ken Loach is one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers. This documentary shows in a punk and rebellious tone how Loach uses cinema as a political tool that allows to advocate for the advent of a more just society, by raising viewers' awareness.

    Pierre Chassagnieux United Kingdom France Media and culture
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