Maria Yatskova
Miss Gulag
Nienhause-Yatskova & Vodar Films, 2007
New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books Network June 3, 2011 Sean Gillory
In this episode of NBRES, we’re doing something a bit out of the ordinary. Instead of interviewing an author about his or her new book, we are going to talk to filmarkerMaria Yatskova about her documentary film, Miss Gulag (Neihausen-Yatskova & Vodar Films, 2007), on the women’s prison UF-91/9 in...
Read More
Laura Wittern-Keller
The Miracle Case
Film Censorship and the Supreme Court
University of Kansas Press, 2008
New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network November 7, 2008 Marshall Poe
Did you ever wonder how we got from a moment in which almost everything on film could be censored (the Progressive Era) to the moment in which nothing on film could be censored (today)? From the Nickelodeon to Deep Throat? The answer is provided by Laura Wittern-Keller and Raymond J....
Read More
Laura Wittern-Keller
Freedom of the Screen
Legal Challenges to Film Censorship 1915-1981
University of Kentucky Press, 2008
New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in FilmNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network April 4, 2008 Marshall Poe
This week we interviewed Laura Wittern-Keller about her new book, Freedom of the Screen: Legal Challenges to Film Censorship 1915-1981. Both well written and extremely well researched, Freedom of the Screen takes the reader case by case through the history of film censorship in the United States. Dr. Wittern-Keller is...
Read More
