This masterclass is the third session of the Sensitive Observations Seminar Series hosted by AA Diploma Unit 16: Homo Urbanus taught by Ila Beka, Louise Lemoine and Gili Merin.
Cinema was born at the turn of the 20th century, as did the modern metropolis. Since then, it has been a privileged observer of the urban phenomenon. In this lecture, Camille Bui intends to show how urban documentary filmmaking evolved from a plastic translation of the rhythm of big cities by the avant-garde in the 1920s, to the lived encounter with city dwellers and the listening of their voices by direct cinema filmmakers since the 1960s and until today.
Camille Bui is Associate Professor in Film Studies at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. In 2018, she published the book: Cinepractices of the City. Documentary and Urbanity after Chronicle of a Summer (Presses Universitaires de Provence).
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