Historical Memorandum: Notions of Third Cinema
Paul WILLEMEN
ABSTRACT This short memorandum was written as a set of notes in preparation for the Third Cinema conference that Willemen organized along with Jim Pines at Edinburgh in 1986, and was used by him to make his opening speech. It has never been previously published, and remains a critical document in this effort to relocate the concept of Third Cinema beyond its Latin American origins, and within radical practices across the three worlds.
Keywords: Third Cinema, militant cinema, national cinema