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<no.id>; from "Christian Taube" at May 25, 92 2:30 pm |
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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...?
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> 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.
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I should be very glad to see those references, thanks.
John Izod
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Film & Media Studies
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA
Scotland UK
Tel 0786 67521
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