The Spectre Of Hope
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Art, Documentary Film
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Publication Year
2002
Publisher
Icarus Films, United States
Subject
Salgado, Sebastião, 1944- Migrations, humanity in transition Refugees -- Pictorial works Documentary photography -- Social aspects Globalization -- Social aspects -- Developing countries
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Abstract
Noted Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado and art critic John Berger pore over Salgado's photographic collection "Migrations," six years and 43 countries in the making (ranging across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America). "Migrations" contains photographs of people pushed from their homes and traditions to cities and their margins -- slums and refugee camps. Here their intimate conversation, intercut with photographs from "Migrations, " combines a discussion of Salgado's work with their critique of globalization, creating a wide-ranging investigation of the power of the image
Description
1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 12 cm. In English.
Biblio Notes
Access DVD Booklet at: https://www.scribd.com/document/377599262/The-Spectre-of-Hope-DVD-Booklet
Number of Copies
1
