The read
It runs a compact 56m.
Synopsis
Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations, Hall argues that the process of representation itself constitutes the very world it aims to represent, and explores how the shared language of a culture, its signs and images, provides a conceptual roadmap that gives meaning to the world rather than simply reflecting it. Hall's concern throughout is the centrality of culture to the shaping of our collective perceptions, and how the dynamics of media representation reproduce forms of symbolic power.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
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Key crew
- Sut JhallyDirector
Cast
- Stuart HallHimself
- Sut JhallyHimself
- Robert TownsendArchive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
Themes
mediacommunicationcultural studies