Synopses & Reviews
Shadow Economies of Cinema examines how films travel through time and space, both inside and outside established circuits of audiovisual trade. Combining industrial and cultural analysis, this book looks at distribution circuits from across the Americas, Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and explains how they shape film culture in their own image.
About the Author
RAMON LOBATO is research fellow at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Table of Contents
Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroductionDistribution from Above and Below The Straight-to-video Slaughterhouse Informal Media EconomiesNollywood at LargeSix Faces of PiracyThe Grey Internet Conclusion: Coordinates for Studying Distribution in a Digital Age Appendix: A Film Distribution Research Guide Notes Bibliography Index