The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Cinema & Photography students study the history, theory, and practice of cinema, photography, and related media the social, critical, and ideological implications of moving and still pictures. The program provides a foundation for professional, fine arts, and educational careers in cinema and photography. Students choose an emphasis in fine arts photography, commercial photography, cinema production, cinema studies (history/theory/criticism), or screenwriting.
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Cinema-Photography Faculty Spotlight, Jyotsna Kapur
The 2008 economic crash was the impetus for the latest book from Jyotsna Kapur, associate professor in Cinema and Photography. Neoliberalism and Global Cinema: Capital, Culture, and Marxist Critiquewas co-edited by Kapur and Keith B. Wagner.
“It [economic crash] finally seemed to indicate that capitalism was in a serious crisis,” said Kapur. “People started to say neoliberalism was dead; Alan Greenspan admitted that ‘mistakes’ were made. But the point of this book is to show neoliberalism cannot die automatically by itself and that its human consequences are long-reaching.”