Film Landscapes of Global Youth

Stuart C. Aitken has worked in the fields of film and children’s geographies for over three decades. In 1994 he published two books – Putting Children in Their Place (Association of American Geographers, Washington DC) and Place, Power, Situation and Spectacle: A Geography of Film (edited with Leo Zonn, Rowman & Littlefield) – that are considered foundational. He has since published 16 books and over 200 articles that relate to film, media, children’s geographies, child rights, and youth activism.Jacob Rowlett is a PhD candidate whose dissertation focuses on film and media geographies. He is particularly interested in the impact of film in relation to human environments. His research spans across the fields of critical geography, tourism studies, and film theory and history.

• Chapter 1Introducing the Film Landscapes of Global YouthStuart C. Aitken & Jacob RowlettChapter 2Anita: Journeying through landscapes of loss and hope in Buenos AiresFernando BoscoChapter 3Two Girls, Two Islands, Two Images. New Cinema in the Faroe IslandsFirouz GainiChapter 4Becoming a filmmaker, an adult, and Italian? Shooting the new Italian youth and their rites/rights of passageLaura Lo PrestiChapter 5Leaves on a Pillow: The representation of street children in the Indonesian film Daun di Atas BantalHarriot Beazley & Wiryo Warisno (Heru)Chapter 6Portraying Genocide through the Eyes of Children: The Troubled Geographies of Authenticity in Loung Ung’s First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia RemembersJames A. TynerChapter 7Cinematic Counter-Cartographies of Black and Brown Girlhood in the French BanlieuePascale Joassart-MarcelliChapter 8Towards a Deterritorialized Nomadism: The Transversal Role of Children in Abbas Kiarostami’s Where Is the Friend’s House? (1987) and Life and Nothing More… (1992).Colin Gardner and James Craine Chapter 9Indigenous Children in Canadian Cinema: Ethnographic Explorations and National Narratives in the Early Films of Harlan Ingersoll Smith and Alanis ObomsawinAnn Marie Murnaghan & Tyler McCrearyChapter 10Hope Through Creation: Celtic Kids and Tomm Moore’s The Secret of KellsStuart C. AitkenChapter 11The (common) worlds of dragons: nature, humans, and the Anthropocene in children's filmsSusana Cortés-MoralesChapter 12“A Futuristic Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer?”: Race, Class, and Boyhood in Star Trek’s 24th CenturyDavid K. SeitzChapter 13“Why Are You Here, Rey from Nowhere?”: The Hero’s Journey, Island Storytelling, and the Gendered Roles of Heroes in the Star Wars SagaJacob RowlettChapter 14Finland extended: encounters with Top Gun films and the emerging post-social landscapes of youthRaine Aiava & Noora PyyryChapter 15Cinema out of Sight: the role of film halls for street youth in Harare, ZimbabweLorraine van Blerk, Wayne Shand & Janine HunterChapter 16‘What do you see guys? Comment down below’ children becoming Youtubers in the park: experimentation with digital content creation.Polly Jarman & Peter KraftlChapter 17History, Memory, Media: Revisiting the Films from my Research on Children’s Work and Playin SudanCindi KatzChapter 18Musings and Reflections: Children, Young People, FilmTracey SkeltonBibliography