Launching a Global Movement: Writings on Amateur Cinema, 1913-1943

edited by Charles Tepperman, Masha Salazkina and Nicholas Avedisian-Cohen


​Introduction

Theorizing (Amateur) Cinema by Masha Salazkina


Germany

Introduction to O. Th. Stein’s “Amateurkinematographie” by Michael Cowan

Amateur Cinematography [1913] by O. Th. Stein, translation by Claire Begbie


USA

Visions of Freedom in American Amateur Cinema Discourse by Charles Tepperman

The Movies Versus Motion Pictures [1921] by Ralph Block

A Free Art [1934] by Editor, Movie Makers magazine


USSR

Introduction to Grigorii Boltianskii, “Photo and Cine-Amateurism in the Club” by Maria Vinogradova

Photo and Cine- Amateurism in the Club [1926] by Grigorii Boltianiskii, translation by Maria Vinogradova

Sergei Prokofiev: “A Man of the Screen” by Maria Vinogradova

Sergei Prokofiev in/at the Movies: Diary Notes and One Letter [1930] by Sergei Prokofiev, translation by Maria Vinogradova


Brazil

Brazilian Cinema between Amateur and Professional by Rielle Navitski

Amateur Cinema [1929] by Sérgio Barreto Filho, translation by Rielle Navitski

Japan

An Introduction to ProKino, the Proletarian Film League of Japan by Diane Wei Lewis

What is Proletarian Film? [1930] by Sasa Genjū, translation by Diane Wei Lewis

Introduction to Kawamoto Masao’s “Amateur Cinema, Avant-Garde Film, and Tendency Film” by Noriko Morisue

Amateur Cinema, Avant-Garde Film, and Tendency Film [1933] by Kawamoto Masao, translation by Noriko Morisue


Spain

Catalan Amateur Cinema and the Issue of Sound by Enrique Fibla Gutiérrez

Is Cinema Dying? [1933] by Delmiro de Caralt, translation by Enriqure Fibla Gutiérrez

Elemental Phonogénie [1935] by Josep Palau, translation by Enriqure Fibla Gutiérrez


UK

“How I Made It”: Film Competitions and the Amateur Community in Britain by Keith M. Johnston and Paul Frith

“How I Made It,” IAC Bulletin 2, no 4 [1934] by Ruth Stuart, Mathew Nathan, and Agnes K. Thubron


Italy

The Experimental Film in Fascist Italy, or: What is a Cineguf Film? by Andrea Mariani and Simona Schneider

Experimental Cinema (excerpts) [1936] by Domenico Paolella, Arrigo Colombo, Attilio Giovannini, and Virgilio Sabel, translations by Simona Schneider with Andrea Mariani.


Canada

Vernacular Aesthetics in Canadian Amateur Film Culture by Charles Tepperman

“Editor’s Note” from Shots and Angles [1937] by Narcisse Pelletier





Citation
Tepperman, Charles, Masha Salazkina, and Nicholas Avedisian-Cohen, eds. “Launching a Global Movement: Writings on Amateur Cinema, 1913-1943.” In The Amateur Movie Database. University of Calgary, 2024.