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"Kevin Brianton has done an exceptional job at bringing the facts of this meeting and the role of the Screen Directors Guild in the "Red Scare" to light. This is an interesting book and belongs in the reader's library."

―New York Journal of Books

"Kevin Brianton has done an exceptional job at bringing the facts of this meeting and the role of the Screen Directors Guild in the "Red Scare" to light. This is an interesting book and belongs in the reader's library."

―New York Journal of Books

Huffington Post Best Film Books of 2016

Book Reviews

Accreditations

BA (Hons), MA, Grad Dip PR, PhD, FPRIA
  • Fellow of Public Relations Institute of Australia
  • Winner of national and state PRIA awards in community communications, issues and crisis management, events management, internal communications and comprehensive communications
  • Winner of the Vice Chancellor's Sustaining Student Employability Award in 2015

Current Research Projects

  • Local Government and Advocacy
  • Communism and American Cinema
  • Marilyn Monroe Symposium
  • Strategic Communication History
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