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Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Films in the United States ed. by Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, Dan Streible (review)

Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Films in the United States ed. by Devin Orgeron, Marsha... Book Reviews LEARNING WITH THE LIGHTS OFF: EDUCATIONAL FILMS IN THE UNITED STATES Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, and Dan Streible, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, 525 pp. Educational film, which documentary scholars ganized chronologically, starting in 1895, with have often slighted, is more than worthy of analytical articles extending to 1970. cinema-studies attention. This is true even of For anyone familiar with the dominant narra- the more aesthetically dreadful products. It is tives of documentary history, there is much that particularly interesting to anyone interested is enjoyable in walking through the twenty-two in cultural production. The histories of educa- chapters. The irrepressible American confi- tional and entertainment-oriented documentary dence in technology—in this case, educational are inextricably intertwined in the early years, film—as a cure for perceived social ills runs all as this collection of twenty-two solid essays the way through these narratives. Among other demonstrates. As educational film becomes contributors, Lee Grieveson shows this in his a distinct market, it comes to have significant discussion of Ford films designed to American- and sometimes unexpected effects both on cul- ize immigrants. ture and public discourse and on educational Names familiar in other contexts reappear practices, as well as http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Film and Video University of Illinois Press

Learning with the Lights Off: Educational Films in the United States ed. by Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, Dan Streible (review)

Journal of Film and Video , Volume 66 (2) – May 10, 2014

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University of Illinois Press
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Copyright © 2008 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
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1934-6018

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Book Reviews LEARNING WITH THE LIGHTS OFF: EDUCATIONAL FILMS IN THE UNITED STATES Devin Orgeron, Marsha Orgeron, and Dan Streible, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012, 525 pp. Educational film, which documentary scholars ganized chronologically, starting in 1895, with have often slighted, is more than worthy of analytical articles extending to 1970. cinema-studies attention. This is true even of For anyone familiar with the dominant narra- the more aesthetically dreadful products. It is tives of documentary history, there is much that particularly interesting to anyone interested is enjoyable in walking through the twenty-two in cultural production. The histories of educa- chapters. The irrepressible American confi- tional and entertainment-oriented documentary dence in technology—in this case, educational are inextricably intertwined in the early years, film—as a cure for perceived social ills runs all as this collection of twenty-two solid essays the way through these narratives. Among other demonstrates. As educational film becomes contributors, Lee Grieveson shows this in his a distinct market, it comes to have significant discussion of Ford films designed to American- and sometimes unexpected effects both on cul- ize immigrants. ture and public discourse and on educational Names familiar in other contexts reappear practices, as well as

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Published: May 10, 2014

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