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Film, Religion and Activist CitizensAn ontology of transformative actsBy Milja Radovic, 2017&#160;Film can be a socio-political and artistic-transformative cultural practice through which acts and activism are performed. Going beyond ideological constructs of activism and legal definitions of citizenship, this book offers a novel approach to understanding the ontology of acts and activist citizenship, particularly in the context of their expression through film.The author approaches film as act and focuses on the scene of film as a space that goes beyond representation, constituting its own reality through which activist citizens emerge. By looking at autonomous creative acts through a range of directors' works from across the world, the author explores both the ontological and ontic dimensions of transformative acts of citizenship. In doing this the author poses the question of whether citizens are stepping out of dominant cultural ideologies to overcome social, ethnic, religious and economic divisions.This book is a fresh exploration of the ontology of acts and is essential reading for any academic interested in religion, theology, film and citizenship studies.(Text by the author)&#160;Table of ContentsIntroduction: Acts, Film, Religion: Context and Perspectives1 Constituting a Figure of an Activist Citizen2 I Act – Therefore I Am3 I Create Therefore I Am: Towards The Cinema of Act4 Constructing Activism Through Film: Creation of New Scene5 Creation of Space – Unbroken Links Between the Citizens: Ana Arabia6 Acts of Citizenship And The Foreign "Other": Circles7 Enacting (European) Citizenship Through Film: Inferno8 Creating A Rupture: Wadjda9 Conclusion: Creative Acts, Transformation and Activist Citizens