Socially engaged animation. Critical realism in the films by Balbina Bruszewska Cover Image

Animacja społecznie zaangażowana. Realizm krytyczny w twórczości Balbiny Bruszewskiej
Socially engaged animation. Critical realism in the films by Balbina Bruszewska

Author(s): Dawid Dróżdż
Subject(s): Media studies, Visual Arts, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Keywords: socially engaged films; capitalist realism; social realism; animation; polish animation; popular culture

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on films by Balbina Bruszewska – Polish director who creates socially engaged films. In the paper the author is trying to qualify her movies in the aesthetics of critical realism, which stands in opposition to the capitalist realism prevailing in the mass media. The author proves that the realism in Bruszewska's films consist of presenting social tendencies in reality and focuses on criticizing the prevailing system.

  • Issue Year: 57/2018
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 26-35
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish