Movies to Save Our World

Name: Movies to Save Our World
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SKU: 9789815058314
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Inequality and Environmental DestruImagining Poverty,ction in the 21st Century

By Kenneth Paul Tan

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Movies to Save Our World by Kenneth Paul Tan delves into the transformative power of cinema in addressing the pressing political and environmental issues of our time. The author explores how films can inspire collective action, challenge societal norms, and offer new perspectives on the future of our planet. Through various cinematic examples, the book highlights the unique role of movies in fostering global dialogue and change.
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This insightful book may appeal to you if you're interested in how cinema can address and inspire solutions for global political and social challenges. Through exploring influential films, it provides a compelling analysis of how storytelling reflects and influences our understanding of critical contemporary issues. This could be a fascinating read for those passionate about politics, culture, and the transformative power of film.

Movies to Save Our World

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A critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futures.

Through a close analysis of more than seventy popular documentaries and feature movies from around the world, produced in the twenty-first century, Movies to Save Our World explores the theme of poverty, inequality, ecological degradation and revolutionary change, all associated with a contemporary crisis of neoliberal globalization in a world where it has become so pervasive.

Profit rules, while poverty and inequality make the political ground fertile for populist manipulation. By returning power to the people, healthier forms of populism can lead the way to progressive revolutionary change that enriches democracy and corrects for social injustice. However, through ideological and political manipulation, populism can also take more debased authoritarian forms, promoting conformism, domination, exploitation, marginalization and degradation of humanity and its habitat.

The book urges progressive moviemakers to take advantage of advancements in digital technologies and to collaborate, in post-pandemic times, with educators to develop public deliberation skills and inspire a new generation of informed and compassionate change-makers.

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It examines how cinema can address global issues such as poverty, inequality, and environmental destruction, probing the political possibilities of contemporary films. Kenneth Paul Tan analyses both documentaries and narrative fictional texts, suggesting ways movies can foster collective deliberation for a just and sustainable future amidst neoliberal challenges and authoritarian populism.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789815058314

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 May 2022

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA

Audience: General / adult

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Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 266g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Kenneth Paul TAN is a tenured Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University, which hired him under its Talent100 initiative in February 2021. He teaches and conducts interdisciplinary research at the Academy of Film, the Department of Journalism, and the Department of Government and International Studies. He is a member of the university's Smart Society Lab. Previously, he was a tenured Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He was the school's Vice Dean during the most rapid and critical years of its growth and served in its senior leadership team for almost a decade. He has received numerous teaching awards over the years, including NUS's most prestigious Outstanding Educator Award. His books include Singapore- Identity, Brand, Power (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Governing Global-City Singapore- Legacies and Futures After Lee Kuan Yew (Routledge, 2017), Cinema and Television in Singapore- Resistance in One Dimension (Brill, 2008), and Renaissance Singapore? Economy, Culture, and Politics (NUS Press, 2007). He has also published numerous articles in leading international journals, reflecting an innovative and interdisciplinary research agenda that bridges Political Science, Public Management, Policy Studies, Sociology, Urban Studies, Cultural Studies, and Film and Media Studies. He is a member of the National Arts Council (Singapore)'s Arts Advisory Panel and the National Museum of Singapore's Advisory Board. He chairs the Board of Directors of theatre company The Necessary Stage (Singapore). And he was the founding chair of the Asian Film Archive's Board of Directors.