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Prof Alisa Lebow is a Professor of Screen Media at the University of Sussex’s School of Media, Arts and Humanities. She holds a doctorate in Cinema Studies from New York University. Her research bridges documentary theory and practice, focusing on intersections between documentary filmmaking and political discourse. Notable projects include Filming Revolution (2018), an interactive digital humanities project exploring Egyptian cinema post-2011 uprisings, which won the 2020 Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award. Current research examines documentary interventions in Anthropocene logics and climate crisis representation.
Lebow has taught modules on cinema and climate, film and revolution, and documentary theory. She has curated programs for institutions like the Barbican Cinema and Istanbul Modern, while her own films include Treyf (1998) and Outlaw (1994). Grants include the 2021 AHRC-funded Dancing for Our Lives project and a Leverhulme Trust grant for Filming Revolution.
Her academic publications span edited volumes like A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film (2015) and pioneering journal articles on topics ranging from transgender representation to post-war documentary praxis. Lebow’s work emphasizes interdisciplinary methods, integrating practice-based research with critical theory to redefine documentary’s boundaries.
