Speaking with the Dead: Bill Schwarz on Preparing Stuart Hall’s Posthumous Memoir(2018)

Speaking with the Dead: Bill Schwarz on Preparing Stuart Hall’s Posthumous Memoir Synopsis

When the world-renowned cultural and political theorist Stuart Hall died in 2014, he left behind an unfinished 300,000-word memoir. In this interview with MEF Executive Director Sut Jhally, Bill Schwarz talks about the challenges of preparing the final published book, detailing his negotiations and conversations with the disembodied words of an author who cherished dialogue above all else.

Speaking with the Dead: Bill Schwarz on Preparing Stuart Hall’s Posthumous Memoir (2018) is a film, released on January 1, 2018 with a runtime of 28m. It stars Stuart Hall and Bill Schwarz.