Creating an anti-communist motion picture producers’ network in Asia: the Asia Foundation, Asia Pictures, and the Korean Motion Picture Cultural Association
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DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2016.1157292
Abstract: The Asia Foundation, a private non-profit organization, which was established in 1951, was actively involved in the motion picture industries in Asia since its first feature film project The People Win Through was produced and… read more here.
Keywords: motion; motion picture; asia foundation;
Empire of Information: The Asia Foundation’s Network and Chinese-Language Cultural Production in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
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DOI: 10.1353/aq.2017.0052
Abstract: Abstract:This essay examines Hong Kong’s current status as a global media center from a historical perspective by engaging with the cultural work of the Union Press during the Cold War. Funded by the Asia Foundation,… read more here.
Keywords: language cultural; asia foundation; chinese language; production ... See more keywords
Cold War Cosmopolitanism: The Asia Foundation and 1950s Korean Cinema
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DOI: 10.1353/jks.2017.0014
Abstract: Abstract:South Korean films first became visible on the world stage in the late 1950s when they began to be exhibited and win prizes at international film festivals. Yi Pyŏngil's The Wedding Day (1956) and Han… read more here.
Keywords: cold war; foundation; asia foundation; war cosmopolitanism ... See more keywords