Christopher Robe

Christopher Robé is an associate professor in film and media studies. He has published Left of Hollywood: Cinema, Modernism, and the Emergence of U.S. Radical Film Culture.

His new work addresses the rise of video activism and the new anarchism from the 1970s to the present, which is addressed in Breaking the Spell: A History of Anarchist Filmmakers, Videotape Guerrillas, and Digital Ninjas. He is currently researching video activism, state repression, and counter-surveillance in relation to copwatching, community organizing, environmental activism, and Muslim-American self-determination.

He frequently writes film reviews for Pop Matters:

Documenting the Little Abuses: Copwatching, Community Organizing, and Video Activism: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/documenting-the-little-abuses-copwatching-community-organizing-and-video-ac/

The Watermelon Woman, or What Happened to New Queer Cinema: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/the-watermelon-woman-or-whatever-happened-to-new-queer-cinema/

Disruptive Film: http://www.popmatters.com/column/disruptive-film-creates-a-constellation-where-the-past-and-present-meet/

The Quay Brothers Collected Short Films: http://www.popmatters.com/review/the-quay-brothers-collected-short-films/

Two Days, One Night: http://www.popmatters.com/review/two-days-one-night/

Boyhood: http://www.popmatters.com/column/189527-boyhood-and-the-transcendence-of-the-everyday/

Jean Luc-Godard, Introduction to a True History of Cinema: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/194263-jean-luc-godard-a-montage-of-attractions/