Marxist Film Theory: Definition, History, and Analysis

Reading Time: 12 minutesOverview Marxist film theory studies how films represent class power, labor, ownership, and ideology, and how those ideas become convincing through film form (Wayne 2020). In this approach, a movie is not only a story. It is also a cultural product made inside real institutions, real markets, and real social hierarchies (Marx [1867] 2004). The… Continue reading Marxist Film Theory: Definition, History, and Analysis