Cousins, Mark. 2011. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (available at the UBC Bookstore & in the Library)

RECOMMENDED READINGS:

Tia Wong, “Eyeing Resistance: Alanis Obomsawin’s Third Cinema/Gaze/World,” Cinephile: The University of British Columbia’s Film Journal, Vol 5, No 1, Winter 2009, pp. 51-55

Thomas Waugh, Ezra Winton, Michael Baker (Eds) Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada

Everatte, Anna, 2001, “Cinephilia in the Black Renaissance: New Negro Film Criticism, 1916-1930”, in Returning the Gaze: A genealogy of Black Film Criticism, Duke University Press. Pages 132-162

Cinematic Storytelling, Jennifer Van Sijil

The Art of Fearless Story Telling: Writing Tips, Stephanie Spence, August 2014

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