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PressReader This link opens in a new windowFull-page images and article images with searchable full text of international newspapers and magazines from the last 90 days, in the original language. Includes computer-generated translations to English and other languages for some publications.
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Access World News This link opens in a new windowFind full-text current and archived articles on issues, events, people, government and more. Includes local news, editorials, announcements and other sections from more than 10,000 sources.
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International Newsstream This link opens in a new windowInternational, searchable, full text coverage of selected newspapers. (Text only; does not include images, charts.) Date coverage: 1977 - present.
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Academic Video Online This link opens in a new windowAcademic Video Online delivers more than 67,000 titles spanning a range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. It includes documentaries, films, demonstrations, and other content types. Films in the Boston University Libraries catalog are licensed to Boston University for educational and research use only, for BU students, faculty, and staff.
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Screen Studies Collection This link opens in a new windowScreen Studies Collection brings the Film Periodicals Database, Film Index International, and the AFI Catalog together in one site.
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FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new windowIndexes, abstracts, and provides full text of articles from academic and popular film journals. Also includes several film reference books. Abstracts late 19th century - present; full text 1930s - present.
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Film Index International This link opens in a new windowProvides in-depth indexing of films from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters and biographical information for film personalities. It also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists.
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Cinéma-Monde: : Decentred Perspectives on Global Filmmaking in French by The first book devoted to a wide-ranging study of developments in global French-language cinema, from Quebec to Mauritania and from Belgium to Cambodia, Cinéma-monde picks up on the lively scholarly debates generated by the related topic of littérature-monde. Extending the scope of this debate to cover the thriving and diverse area of international French-language cinema, this innovative book also considers cinema from France within the context of global production.Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2018 -
La Francophonie Ou L'èloge de la Diversitè by The first part of this volume, La Francophonie ou l'eloge de la diversite, is devoted to Francophone cinema, between Bollywood and Hollywood. What in particular does Francophone cinema have to offer compared with American or Indian cinema? What more does Francophone cinema have to offer? The second part deals with the promotion of diversity in Francophone countries, taking into consideration the cultural aspects of Francophonie in the 21st century, tracing the historical stages which have led to the creation of this locus of cultural diversity.Location: OnlinePublication Date: 2011 -
Francophone African Cinema by Setting the stage for a critical encounter between Francophone African cinema and Continental European critical theory, this book offers a transnational and interdisciplinary analysis of 16 Francophone African films, including Bassek Ba Kobhio's The Great White Man of Lambarene, Cheick Oumar Sissoko's Guimba the Tyrant, and Amadou Seck's Saaraba.Location: Mugar Stacks PN1993.5.A35 F75 2009 and OnlinePublication Date: 2009
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Subjects: Language & Linguistics, Literature