... as having a dominant creative role". This is extremely vague, as you could say that almost all directors have a strong role in the creative process of film. If this statement were true then there would be very little debate on whether a director is an auteur. In my opinion, an auteur can be identified ... that he or she becomes a star in their own right. I have chosen to focus on John Singleton. At the time his first film was released Singleton was fresh out of film school, he had grown up surrounded by the everyday death and violence of the South Central Los Angeles district famed for it...

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... had access to them. However, those who live in rural areas did not have the option of seeing movies. The true boom for Cuban film occurred when the revolution was over and Castro had overthrown the Batista dictatorship. Three months after this occurred, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and ... the ICAIC, was founded. This institute was vital for the movie industry in Cuba. Cas! tro was a huge proponent of the television and film industry made sure that is would be well established in his country. He felt it was an essential tool for revolution, which was most of the ... time....

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... had access to them. However, those who live in rural areas did not have the option of seeing movies. The true boom for Cuban film occurred when the revolution was over and Castro had overthrown the Batista dictatorship. Three months after this occurred, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and ... the ICAIC, was founded. This institute was vital for the movie industry in Cuba. Cas! tro was a huge proponent of the television and film industry made sure that is would be well established in his country. He felt it was an essential tool for revolution, which was most of the ... time....

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