'Cinema, Finance & Society. The Afterlives of Finance Film in the Digital Public Sphere' by Constantin Parvulescu
16:40 CET, 28 April 2022 - Phinance Online Seminars
“Once upon a time Wall Street became a favorite subject for Hollywood. After the 2007-2008 crisis, both fiction and documentary films in the US and Europe explored finance with high interest. They earned Oscars, festival awards, and critical acclaim. Their content impacted the public sphere and created a valuable archive for understanding global finance.
However, as time went by and the crisis fell into oblivion, the archive ceased to expand, and its exploitation changed priorities. Present day use of the archive sheds a different light on finance than in the times of the Great Recession. What has changed? Why and at whose expense? Who are the protagonists of this change? What are their tools and interests?”
- Constantin Parvulescu, editor of the book Global Finance on Screen
Constantin Parvulescu helps us find some answers to these questions in this Phinance online seminar with contributions from Alasdair King. Their interventions are followed by an open debate.
‘Cinema, Finance & Society. The Afterlives of Finance Film in the Digital Public Sphere’
16:40 CET, 28 April 2022
16:40 Constantin Parvulescu (Babeş-Bolyai University)
17:30 Discussant: Alasdair King (Queen Mary University of London)
17:45 Debate
Chair: Emiliano Ippoliti (Sapienza University of Rome)