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- Title
CINÉPHILES AND TRUE BELIEVERS: THE AFI IN THE 1950s AND 1960s.
- Abstract
The article offers an overview of the establishment of the Australian Film Institute and its role in the screen culture in 1950s and 1960s. It mentions that the audiences who loved films and attempted to find way to expand their film experiences established the AFI. It notes that the inauguration of the AFI in 1958 was a time of intense engagement with film in the country and the people who valued screen culture came together to encourage growth in the sector. It cites that the people came from the film society movement, film criticism and the production sector.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; MOTION picture industry; MOTION picture audiences; FILMMAKERS; MOTION pictures &; society; FILM critics; FILM crews; CULTURAL industries; SOCIETIES
- Publication
Moving Image, 2009, Issue 9, p23
- ISSN
1320-4181
- Publication type
Article