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Senior Lecturer in Film Studies Research Interests: Documentary and non-fiction media; media and activism; witnessing and testimony; community and participatory media; gender, race, sexuality, and disability in the media.

Leshu Torchin

Case Study: Unrest (Jennifer Brea, 2017)

  Jennifer Brea’s film, Unrest, offers a remarkable case study— possibly many— on how a person mobilises a film for activism. Her consideration of audience and accessibility led to a carefully thought out online…

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4 August 2018
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