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Bannah Max - Wharfie Animator Harry Reade The Sydney Waterfront And The Cuban Revolution - Paperback

Bannah Max - Wharfie Animator Harry Reade The Sydney Waterfront And The Cuban Revolution - Paperback

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Description: This book examines the life of the Australian artist Harry Reade (1927 1998) and his largely overlooked contribution to animation. It constitutes a biography of Reade tracing his life from his birth to his period of involvement with animation between 1956 and 1969. It explores the forces that shaped Reade and chronicles his experiences as a child his early working life the influence of left - wing ideology on his creative development his introduction to animation through the small but radical Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit (Wwffu) and the influence he had on the development of Cuban animation as an educational tool of the Revolution. Key Features The text offers an alternative framework for considering the political social and cultural themes that characterised 1950s Australia and 1960s Cuba. A rare look into the cultural heritage of labor organizations and the populist power of animation to stimulate radical social consciousness. The book also crosses a range of intellectual disciplines including Animation Studies Art History Cinema Studies and the Social and Political Histories of Australia and Cuba. Max Bannah lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Between 1976 and 2010, he worked in Brisbane as an animator producing television commercials short films and cartoon graphics. He also lectured in Animation History and Practice and Drawing for Animation at the Queensland University of Technology where in 2007, he completed his Masters by Research thesis " A Cause for Animation: Harry Reade and the Cuban Revolution."
Title: Wharfie Animator Harry Reade The Sydney Waterfront And The Cuban Revolution
Author(s): Bannah Max
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367639587
Pages: 134 Pages, 9 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 12/17/2020
Series: Focus Animation
Category: Graphical & Digital Media Applications
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