For those fans of cinema who are interested in understanding how and why we respond to certain films, Turner Classic Movies is presenting a new 6-part series, "The Power of Film", beginning on January 4th and continuing through the next five Thursdays.
Based on the book by Howard Suber, a UCLA film professor and created by documentary filmmakers, Doug Pray and Laura Gabbert, "The Power of Film" explores the cultural and emotional impact film provides for audiences, utilizing footage from acclaimed and beloved movies to illustrate examples of the extraordinary power of cinema. Professor Suber, who co-wrote the series, will share his thoughts throughout the series, discussing film as an art form from a historical and critical aspect and pointing out filmmakers, since the very beginning of the motion picture industry, who have used their skills at storytelling to share their own personal and political viewpoints to the world in order to possibly influence a cultural shift in our society.
Dave Karger will host the series, joined by Pray and Gabbert, and after each new episode, TCM will program some of the memorable films discussed in the series in order to perhaps look at them in a new way and to better understand why they have continued to endure.
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