Christopher Robe

Christopher Robé is a professor in film and media studies. He has published Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture.[1], which resituates such well-known auteurs like Sergei Eisenstein and Jean Renoir in an American political context.[2],[3]. It also argues that the 1930s proved a vital moment in time regarding the emergence of Left Film Theory,[4][5][6].

His most recent book, Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas.,[7] addresses the rise of video activism and the new anarchism from the 1970s to the present.[8],[9][10]. Robé can be seen discussing the book in the following interview.[11] He is currently researching video activism, state repression, and counter-surveillance in relation to copwatching, counter-summit protesting, animal rights activism, and Muslim-American self-determination. He has published an article on counter-summit protesting, video activism, and surveillance in the journal *Framework*:.[12] He is also conducting archival-based research for a book on Raymond Williams that historically situates some of his key theoretical ideas in developing grassroots media with present-day concerns over the democratization of digital media. His forthcoming collection co-edited with Stephen Charbonneau, "InsUrgent Media from the Front: A Media Activism Reader" is being published in Fall 2020 by Indiana University Press [13].

He frequently writes occasionally for Pop Matters and Cineaste:

Disruptive Film and Political Turmoil: Disruptive Film and Political Turmoil

Adjusting the Focus on Somali-Americans: "First Person Plural" and "Muslim Youth Voices": Adjusting the Focus on Somali-Americans: 'First Person Plural' and 'Muslim Youth Voices'

Bill Gunn's 'Personal Problems' and a History of the Video Revolution: Bill Gunn's 'Personal Problems' and a History of the Video Revolution

Documenting the Little Abuses: Copwatching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism: Documenting the Little Abuses: Copwatching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism

Field of Vision: An Expedition in Short-Form Documentary Filmmaking: FieldofVision.pdf

Expanding Our Field of Vision: An Interview with Laura Poitras: ExpandOurField.pdf

The Watermelon Woman, or What Happened to New Queer Cinema: 'The Watermelon Woman', or, Whatever Happened to New Queer Cinema?

Disruptive Film: 'Disruptive Film' Creates a Constellation Where the Past and Present Meet

The Quay Brothers Collected Short Films: Pathological Visions: Desire and Alienation in the Films of the Quay Brothers

Two Days, One Night: The Dardennes' Laboring Body in 'Two Days, One Night'

Boyhood: 'Boyhood' and the Transcendence of the Everyday

Jean Luc-Godard, Introduction to a True History of Cinema: Jean-Luc Godard: A Montage of Attractions

References
  1. "Left of Hollywood Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture By Chris Robé". June 5, 2010 – via utpress.utexas.edu.
  2. Sergei Eisenstein
  3. Gemünden, Gerd (February 18, 2014). Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933-1951. ISBN 9780231166782.
  4. Neve, Brian (September 1, 2011). "Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture". Journal of American History. 98 (2): 565–566. doi:10.1093/jahist/jar232 – via academic.oup.com.
  5. Mosley, Philip (2013). "Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Cultureby Chris Robé. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010". Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 30 (2): 198–203. doi:10.1080/10509208.2011.575666.
  6. Schenker, Andrew (2011). "Reviewed work: Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture, Chris Robé". Cinéaste. 36 (3): 63–65. JSTOR 41691048.
  7. "Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas". www.pmpress.org.
  8. "Book Review: Breaking the Spell – A History of Anarchist Filmmakers". Freedom News. January 19, 2018.
  10. "Review" (PDF). www.interfacejournal.net. 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  11. Bayless, Jason. "The New Architects: Breaking the Spell | Zombie Popcorn".
  12. Robé, Chris; Robé, Chris. "Criminalizing Dissent: Western State Repression, Video Activism, and Counter-Summit Protests". Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media. 57 (2): 161 – via www.academia.edu.
  13. "InsUrgent Media from the Front" (PDF).
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