Letter to Clara: cinematic epistolarity and the outsider's vision in "Letters to Ali"

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Letter to Clara: cinematic epistolarity and the outsider's vision in "Letters to Ali"

Clara Law's Letters to Ali (2004) relates the story of a 15-year old Afghan boy (his real name is not disclosed), who at the time of filming was kept at the Port Hedland detention centre in northern Western Australia, having entered Australia by sea without a visa. The film, however, focuses pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Traverso, Antonio
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Australian Teachers of Media 2005
Subjects:	journalism refugees film producers and directors films knowledge (theory) film criticism
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13136

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