Memory Politics on Screen: The Aesthetics of Historical Trauma in Izaokas (Isaac) (2019)
Memory Politics on Screen: The Aesthetics of Historical Trauma in Izaokas (Isaac) (2019)
Author(s): Gabrielė NorkūnaitėSubject(s): Aesthetics, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of the Holocaust, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: Holocaust; memory activism; memory mapping; public history; World War II;
Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the Lithuanian feature film Izaokas (Isaac, 2018) as an expression of memory activism. The film actualised heated debates on a national level over the role of ordinary Lithuanians in the Holocaust and collaboration with Nazi Germany, in spite of the fact that the filmmakers did not intend to engage in historical debates. Nonetheless, by generating an immersive experience and engaging viewers at the level of affect, the film effectively engages in polemics with public narratives of the Second World War.
Journal: Politologija
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 4 (112)
- Page Range: 139-162
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
