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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814196703321

Autore

Moine Caroline

Titolo

Screened encounters : the Leipzig documentary film festival, 1955-1990 / / Caroline Moine ; edited by Skyler J. Arndt-Briggs ; translated from the French by John Barrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn, , 2018

ISBN

1-78533-910-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 pages)

Collana

Film and the Global Cold War ; ; Volume 1

Classificazione

AP 49400

Disciplina

070.18

Soggetti

Film festivals - Germany - Leipzig

Documentary films - History and criticism

Motion pictures - Political aspects - Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. A Festival at the Heart of the Cold War --  A Cold War Festival (1949-1964). The Genesis of the Leipzig Film Festival --  Opening to the World  --   Between Propaganda and Cinema Verite -- Between Provincialism and International Dialogue (1964-1973). When the Tide Turns --  Documentaries with a Human Face  -- Documentaries in the Service of International Solidarity -- A Trompe L'Oeil Mise en Scene? (1973-1983). Wide-Angle on Socialist Society --  Don't Wait for Better Times -- Toward New Horizons (1984-1990) -- An Opening to the East? --  Revolution: On Screen, On the Street -- Conclusion. Beyond the Cold War: A Memory in the Making.

Sommario/riassunto

Established in 1955, the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival became a central arena for staging the cultural politics of the German Democratic Republic, both domestically and in relation to West Germany and the rest of the world. Screened Encounters represents the definitive history of this key event, recounting the political and artistic exchanges it enabled from its founding until German unification, and tracing the outsize influence it exerted on international cultural relations during the Cold War.