From Box Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film

by M. Keith Booker

Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature a political process. Moreover, given the power and persuasiveness of the cinema as a medium, film can be a powerful political tool. It should thus come as no surprise that film has had a long and extensive engagement with a variety of political topics, ranging from the actual mechanics of governance to electoral politics, to any number...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275991229
• ISBN13: 9780275991227
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"