This panel brings together leading experts to discuss the issues surrounding the production of exploitation cinema. From concerns about its approach to representation, to questions of how audiences consume these films, the panel will explore exploitation cinema from across the world, including Europe and Central and Latin America. Topics will include political content, transgressive acts and challenges to the mainstream.
Guest speakers include Dolores Tierney, Senior Lecturer in Media and Film, University of Sussex; Antonio Lazaro-Reboll, Senior Lecturer in Spanish Studies, University of Kent; and Marc Jancovich, Head of the School of Film and Television Studies, University of East Anglia. Chaired by Andy Willis, Reader in Film Studies at The University of Salford.