Movies on a Mission - American Protestants and the Foreign Missionary Film, 1906-1956

This comprehensive investigation into the little-known genre of mission-oriented films uncovers how Protestant missionaries overseas sought to bring back motion picture footage from remote parts of the world. In the broader religious community, mission films aimed to educate congregants back home about efforts to evangelize communities around the world. However, this book demonstrates the larger impact of mission films on American visual culture. It highlights the evolution and development of the genre from an early emphasis on "foreign views" in the 1910s, to interwar films providing a more detailed look at how mission stations functioned in far-flung lands, to Cold War productions which at times functioned as veritable propaganda tools parroting anti-communist discourse emanating from the CIA.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2023
Authors:	Glenn Reynolds
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-8539-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-4766-8539-8
Barcode:	9781476685397

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