Books by Richard Abel

The recipient of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies from the US Anthology Film Archives, this two-volume work explores the emergence of French film theory before the essays of Andre Bazin. The anthology contains selections from 150 texts, many published in English for the first time.

A detailed account of the use of law to defend anti-apartheid struggle, including case studies which include challenges to Pass Laws, black trade union's demands for recognition, censorship, state terror and conscientious objection.