Christopher Robe
Christopher Robé is an associate professor in film and media studies. He has published Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture.[1]
His most recent book, Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas.[2], addresses the rise of video activism and the new anarchism from the 1970s to the present. He is currently researching video activism, state repression, and counter-surveillance in relation to copwatching, counter-summit protesting, animal rights activism, and Muslim-American self-determination. He has published an article on counter-summit protesting, video activism, and surveillance in the journal *Framework*: [3]. He is also conducting archival-based research for a book on Raymond Williams that historically situates some of his key theoretical ideas in developing grassroots media with present-day concerns over the democratization of digital media.
He frequently writes film reviews for Pop Matters:
Documenting the Little Abuses: Copwatching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/documenting-the-little-abuses-copwatching-community-organizing-and-video-ac/
The Watermelon Woman, or What Happened to New Queer Cinema: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-watermelon-woman-or-whatever-happened-to-new-queer-cinema/
Disruptive Film: http://www.popmatters.com/column/disruptive-film-creates-a-constellation-where-the-past-and-present-meet/
The Quay Brothers Collected Short Films: http://www.popmatters.com/review/the-quay-brothers-collected-short-films/
Two Days, One Night: http://www.popmatters.com/review/two-days-one-night/
Boyhood: http://www.popmatters.com/column/189527-boyhood-and-the-transcendence-of-the-everyday/
Jean Luc-Godard, Introduction to a True History of Cinema: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/194263-jean-luc-godard-a-montage-of-attractions/