{"product_id":"9781592134274","title":"Art in Cinema: Documents Toward a History of the Film Society","description":"From 1946 until 1954, the San Francisco-based film society Art in Cinema presented programs of independent film to audiences at the San Francisco Museum of Art and the University of California, Berkeley. Led by filmmaker Frank Stauffacher, Art in Cinema's programs pioneered the promotion of avant-garde cinema in America.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Scott MacDonald's \u003ci\u003eArt in Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e presents complete programs presented by the legendary society; dozens of previously unavailable letters between Stauffacher, his collaborators, and filmmakers including Maya Deren, Hans Richter, Vincent Minelli, and Man Ray; a reprint of the society's original catalog, which features essays by Henry Miller and others; and a wide range of other remarkable historical documents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A companion to \u003ci\u003eCinema 16\u003c\/i\u003e (Temple), a documentary history of the first west coast film society, \u003ci\u003eArt in Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e provides cineastes, students, teachers, and scholars with extensive and fascinating documentation of one of the most important film societies in American history. Together or separately, the books provide an indispensable reference source for the beginning of this country's love affair with independent film.","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166794563824,"sku":"9781592134274","price":71.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781592134274_p0.jpg?v=1763805933","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781592134274","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}