Dear Colleagues,

I would like to announce my new publication (Berghahn Books, 2021), which I hope will be of interest to some of you.

[Peter Lilienthal: A Cinema of Exile and Resistance]Peter Lilienthal
A Cinema of Exile and Resistance

Claudia Sandberg





https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SandbergPeter
(see flyer for prices and 50% discount on hardcover)

Best known for his 1979 film David, Peter Lilienthal was an unusual figure within postwar filmmaking circles. A child refugee from Nazi Germany who grew up in Uruguay, he was uniquely situated at the crossroads of German, Jewish, and Latin American cultures: while his work emerged from West German auteur filmmaking, his films bore the unmistakable imprints of Jewish thought and the militant character of New Latin American cinema. Peter Lilienthal is the first comprehensive study of Lilienthal's life and career, highlighting the distinctively cross-cultural and transnational dimensions of his oeuvre, and exploring his role as an early exemplar of a more vibrant, inclusive European film culture.

Contents
Introduction. An Uneasy Fit
1. A Jewish Filmmaker in Postwar Germany
2. Of Rebels, Soldiers, and Dreamers
3. Across the Cold War Divide
Conclusion. Recovering Lost Pasts
Appendix. In Dialogue
Conversation with Peter Lilienthal
The Adventure of Filmmaking: Interview with Antonio Skármeta

"A great study of Lilienthal's oeuvre, enriched by Claudia Sandberg's personal interactions with Lilienthal, which updates the existing scholarship on this filmmaker."
(Laurie Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

"Peter Lilienthal is an important and compelling study of a historically marginalized director and his commitments to transnational filmmaking. Vivid in description and rich in history,
Claudia Sandberg's book engages us in exciting and insightful discussions of Lilienthal's films and reminds us of their continuing relevance."
(Olivia Landry, Lehigh University)


With best wishes,

Dr Claudia Sandberg
School of Languages and Linguistics | Faculty of Arts
Level 2, Babel Building, Room 213
The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia
T: +61 3 8344 8567 M: +61 490 104 905 E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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