Re: Brechtian Music Video
Tue, 26 May 1992 13:48:49 BST
Christian Taube wrote in reply to my hook,
> >Nobody has said anything in this discussion about documentary. Is that
> >because documentary cannot by definition be Brechtian, or...?
>
> On another topic (Paul Robeson, I believe) we _did_ mention
> the Frontier Film group of the late 1930s/early 1940s. They
> produced a number of documentaries that are definitely inte-
> esting for their uplink to Brecht. Related to Frontier Films
> is their immediate predecessor group, Nykino, and the various
> Workers' Film & Photo League groups that thrived in particular
> in Chicago and New York during the Depression. I could dig up
> some source references if there's interest.
>
I should be very glad to see those references, thanks.
John Izod
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