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Brenda Hollweg

Brenda Hollweg

Brenda Hollweg is Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds. She has worked on a major research collaboration, on the aesthetic and affective dimensions of democratic participation: The Road to Voting, and has published on contemporary documentary and the video essay. She is currently co-editing World Cinema and the Essay Film: Transnational Perspectives on a Global Practice (EUP, 2019).

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 3October 30, 2018<October 30, 2018

Bad essays don’t think: reflections on a (still) heretic form of the cinematic city

Drawing on Adorno's account of the "bad essay", Brenda Hollweg defends the essay film's capacity for politico-aesthetic intervention.
no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 3October 17, 2018<October 17, 2018

The Fiction of Beirut: Reframing Labour Migration in Ziad Kalthoum’s Taste of Cement

Brenda Hollweg shows how Taste of Cement, part of the recent global growth of the essay film, explores Beirut through the perspective of its migrant workforce, unearthing the city's history and role in regional conflicts, as well as flows of labor.

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  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Editors
      • Lawrence Webb
      • Elizabeth Patton
      • Noelle Griffis
      • Scott Rodgers
    • Editorial Board
    • Advisory Board
    • Our Partners
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
    • Volume 1 – 2015/2016
      • № 1 – December 2015
      • № 2 – March 2016
      • № 3 – June 2016
      • № 4 – August 2016
      • № 5 – November 2016
    • Volume 2 – 2017
      • № 1 – January/February 2017
      • № 2 – June 2017
      • № 3 – September 2017
      • № 4 – October/November 2017
      • № 5 – December 2017
    • Volume 3 – 2018
      • № 1 – January/February 2018
      • № 2 – June 2018
      • № 3 – August/September 2018
      • № 4 – October/November 2018
    • Volume 4 – 2019
      • № 1 – January/February 2019
      • № 2 – June 2019
      • № 3 – October/November 2019
    • Volume 5 – 2020
      • Vol. 5 № 1
      • Vol. 5 № 2
      • Vol. 5 № 3
      • Vol. 5 № 4
    • Volume 6 – 2021
      • Vol. 6 № 1
      • Vol. 6 № 2
      • Vol. 6 № 3
      • Vol. 6 № 4
    • Volume 7 – 2022
      • Vol. 7 № 1
      • Vol. 7, № 2
  • Resources
    • SIG Institutional History
      • Workshops
      • 2016 Workshop Proposal
      • Sponsored Events
    • Conference Presentations
      • 2008 – Philadelphia
      • 2009 – Tokyo
    • Course Syllabi
  • Sections
    • Dossiers
    • Roundtables
    • From the Archive
    • Mediapolis on Coronavirus
    • Opening the Canon
    • Q & A
    • Student Voices
    • Mediapolis Now
  • Contribute
    • Submission guidelines