This new edition of Film History has been revised to include recent films new examples and
updated comprehensive overviews of the rise of streaming services as purveyors of cinematic
content as well as the massive disruptions of film production distribution and exhibition
caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a comprehensive global survey of film and its many
genres - from drama and comedy to documentary and experimental - written by three of the
discipline's leading scholars. Concepts and events are illustrated with frame enlargements
taken from the original sources giving students more realistic and relevant points of
reference than publicity stills. There are 100 new film clips with commentary in McGraw Hill
Connect® - the web-based assignment and assessment platform that helps you connect your
students to their coursework. Film History is a text that any serious film scholar - professor
undergraduate or graduate student - will want to read and keep.
