Thornley, Davinia. Cinema, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, and Criticism: Filming on an Uneven Field. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Abstract

he issue of cinematic collaborations across cultures is discussed by Davinia hornley in her book through a close reading approach that encompasses the textual layers of ilms, but also the production levels in which the collaboration among cultures stands out as a source of conlict and learning. Her focus on indigenous cinema locates the analysis on examples from the Commonwealth countries of Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa New Zealand, exploring ictional ilms and documentaries produced in a collaborative process by both indigenous and nonindigenous crew and cast. Such partnership becomes a focal point in her discussion of how