Walker, Elsie - Life 24x a Second

Connects films with contemporary social and personal resonances
• Presents interdisciplinary ways of understanding cinema and its sonic dimensionality that creates new possibilities for the reader.
• Tailored to pedagogical practice and students' responses to cinema based on classroom experience

Life 24x a Second highlights the life-sustaining and life-affirming power of cinema. Author Elsie Walker pays particular attention to pedagogical practice and students' reflections on what the study of cinema has given to their lives. This book provides multiple perspectives on why cinema matters to individuals and in the world at large, focusing on films that represent psychological breakthroughs, progressive possibilities for social change, and cross-cultural human connections.