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Coming to the Centre for Film Studies, St Andrews
Money Puzzles (Michael Chanan, 2016)
A screening of the documentary followed by
a Q&A with the director
Wednesday, 8th February 5.15pm:
School I, St Salvator’s Quad
Money Puzzles addresses widespread misunderstanding about money and debt to be found in the media, everyday life and even university economics departments. It questions the myriad forms of money in the twenty-first century and probes the nature of debt, both public and private. And it looks beyond the citadels of finance capitalism to the crisis of neoliberalism in Europe and indeed the world.
For more about the film visit:
http://moneypuzzles.net
To view the trailer, visit: vimeo.com/174092191
Michael Chanan is a seasoned documentarist, writer and Professor of Film & Video at the University of Roehampton, London. His first films were documentaries on contemporary music for BBC Television in the early 1970s. After a stint teaching film at the then Polytechnic of Central London, he made a number of documentaries on Latin American subjects, mainly for Channel Four. He returned to teaching in the 90s, first in the film school at the then London College of Printing (1990-2000), then as Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of the West of England until moving to Roehampton in 2007. His books include studies of early cinema, Cuban cinema, the social history of music, the history of recording, and most recently, The Politics of Documentary. He writes extensively on Latin American film and video and other current topics.
His films over the last fifteen years have mostly been academically funded, including Detroit Ruin of a City (2005), The American Who Electrified Russia (2008). In 2011 he became the New Statesman’s first video blogger, resulting in Chronicle of Protest (2011). This was followed by Secret City (2012) and Interrupted Memory (2013).
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For further information visit http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/filmstudies/events/