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The Cinema in the Face of Political Transformations of 1945 and 1989

Contributor(s): Sylwia Borowska-Kazimiruk (Editor), Paulina Kwiatkowska (Editor), Agata Zborowska (Editor)
Subject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: cinema; political transformations; 20th century; Polish cinema; film studies
Summary/Abstract: The book summarizes two moments of political breakthrough, which allows to look at Polish history in the 20th century not only from the perspective of violent transformations, but also long-lasting social, political and cultural narratives, reflected in Polish film productions, the organization of the film industry and the expectations the film audiences held of Polish cinema. The authors reflect on the narratives Polish filmmakers had to face, what elements of these narratives are present in Polish films which today prove both socio-political shocks and continuity and which form the complicated genealogy of the Third Polish Republic. The texts addressing this issue in German, Russian and Czechoslovakian cinema allow for seeing both transformations in Polish cinema in the transnational context.

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