Part one of a conversation with film historian, scholar James Naremore: The films of American director Charles Burnett
Part one of a conversation with film historian, scholar James Naremore: The films of American director Charles Burnett James Naremore has been one of the most insightful commentators on film and film history over the past four decades. He remains one of the relatively few figures in the field interested in (or capable of) “interweaving”—as he notes in our conversation below—a genuine aesthetic sensibility with a political and social interest. Now retired from teaching, Professor Naremore is Chancellors’ Professor Emeritus of Communication and Culture, English and Comparative Litera...