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Subject(s)

• Reade, Harry 1927- [Browse]
• Animators—Australia—Biography [Browse]
• Artists—Australia—Biography [Browse]
• Animation (Cinematography)—Australia [Browse]
• Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia Film Unit [Browse]

Series

• Focus animation series. [More in this series]
• Focus animation

Summary note

This book examines the life of the Australian artist Harry Reade (1927-1998) and his largely overlooked contribution to animation. It constitutes a biography of Reade, tracing his life from his birth to his period of involvement with animation between 1956 and 1969. It explores the forces that shaped Reade and chronicles his experiences as a child, his early working life, the influence of left-wing ideology on his creative development, his introduction to animation through the small but radical Waterside Workers' Federation Film Unit (WWFFU), and the influence he had on the development of Cuban animation as an educational tool of the Revolution. Key Features The text offers an alternative framework for considering the political, social, and cultural themes that characterised 1950s Australia and 1960s Cuba. A rare look into the cultural heritage of labor organizations and the populist power of animation to stimulate radical social consciousness. The book also crosses a range of intellectual disciplines, includingAnimation Studies, Art History, Cinema Studies, and the Social and Political Histories of Australia and Cuba. Max Bannah lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Between 1976 and 2010, he worked in Brisbane as an animator producing television commercials, short films, and cartoon graphics. He also lectured in Animation History and Practice and Drawing for Animation at the Queensland University of Technology where, in 2007, he completed his Masters by Research thesis, "A Cause for Animation: Harry Reade and the Cuban Revolution."

Notes

"A Focal Press book."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1: A Wobbly Road
• POLITICAL AND SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON HARRY READE'S EARLY LIFE (1927-1954)
• CHAPTER 2: On the Waterfront
• HARRY READE'S CREATIVE INFLUENCES AND DEVELOPMENT (1954-1956)
• CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE SYDNEY WATERFRONT
• THE STUDIO OF REALIST ART AND THE WHARFIES ART GROUP
• THE SYDNEY WHARFIES' MURAL
• READE THE CARTOONIST
• WATERSIDE WORKERS' FEDERATION FILM UNIT
• CHAPTER 3: Wharfie Animation
• DOMINANT TRENDS IN 1950s AUSTRALIAN ANIMATION
• THE WATERSIDE WORKERS' FEDERATION FILM UNIT AND ANIMATION
• LAND OF AUSTRALIA: ABORIGINAL ART
• 'Click Go the Shears'
• 'Four's a Crowd'
• THE END OF THE WWFFU
• THE SYDNEY PUSH
• CHAPTER 4: Our Man in Havana
• PARTICIPATING IN THE NATIONAL LITERACY CAMPAIGN
• ICAIC AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ESTUDIOS CUBANACÁN
• HARRY READE JOINS ICAIC
• EXHIBITING FILMS PRODUCED IN CUBA
• A BRIEF PERIOD IN MOSCOW: PERSONAL MATTERS
• THE PEPE SERIES
• DEPARTURE FROM CUBA AND ANIMATION
• BACK TO WORK IN AUSTRALIA
• CUBAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• CHAPTER 5: Harry Reade's Legacy
• APPENDIX: HARRY READE'S FILMOGRAPHY
• REFERENCES
• INDEX.

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ISBN

• 1-00-312149-7
• 1-003-12149-7
• 1-000-28261-9
• 1-000-28263-5

OCLC

1203941370

Doi

• 10.1201/9781003121497

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