"An image is powerful not necessarily because of anything
specific it offers the viewer, but because of everything
it apparently also takes away from the viewer."
—Trinh T. Minh-ha
Vietnamese filmmaker and feminist thinker Trinh T. Minh-ha is one of the most powerful and articulate voices in independent filmmaking. In her writings and interviews, as well as in her filmscripts, Trinh explores what'she describes as the "infinite relation" of word to image.
Cinema-Interval
brings together her recent conversations on film and art, life and theory, with Homi Bhabha, Deb Verhoeven, Annamaria Morelli and other critics. Together these interviews offer the richest presentation of this extraordinary artist's ideas.
Extensively illustrated in color and black and white,
covers a wide range of issues, many of them concerning "the space between"—between viewer and film, image and text, interviewer and interviewee, lover and beloved. As an added bonus, the complete scripts of Trinh's films
Surname Viet Given Name Nam
and
A Tale of Love
are also included in the volume.
will be an essential work for readers interested in contemporary film art, feminist thought, and postcolonial studies.