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Cinema literacy is not academic jargon. It is the ability to understand why a cut lands, why a film movement happened when it did, and why certain stories could only be told in certain societies at certain times.
— The Studies Desk
The Studies Desk
A weekly piece from Cinema Studies — one cinematic concept, one movement, or one civilisational question.