Human trafficking has always been a popular topic in cinema, with the film The Silent Traffic in Souls promoting reform as early as 1913. Since then the idea of human trafficking has been revised at various times and within various contexts, as in the past decade, where the rise in migration and the demise of national borders have turned human traffic into one of the dominant narratives of contemporary cinema. This study focuses on the current cycle of films that play upon trafficking anxieties. Like their subject, these essays are transnational in nature, reflecting on films that depict white slavery, drug trafficking, and undocumented labor. The volume considers films by such internationally rewned directors as Amos GitaA ( Promised Land, 2004), the Dardenne Brothers ( Lorna's Silence, 2008), Nick Broomfield ( Ghosts, 2006), Michael Winterbottom ( In This World, 2002), and Ulrich Seidl ( Import/Export, 2002). A range of documentary and activist films are also examined, as well as examples from popular genres, such as Pierre Morel's Taken (2008) and Brad Anderson's Transsiberian (2008).
Product Identifiers
Publisher
ST Andrews Film Studies
ISBN-10
1906678030
ISBN-13
9781906678036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
106505939
Product Key Features
Author
Dina Iordanova, William Brown, Leshu Torchin
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Film, TV & Radio
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
ST Andrews
Date of Publication
01/02/2010
Imprint
ST Andrews Film Studies
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
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