International Relations on Soviet Screens During Khrushchev's ‘Thaw’
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 | 4:00PM - 7:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, Munk Centre For International Studies 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
The presentation will deal with cinematic reflections of the changes which were taking place in Soviet foreign policy during the time of Nikita Khrushchev’s post-Stalin reforms. It will also examine the new policies in the field of film export and import, brought about by the Soviet establishment’s efforts to find alternatives to the Stalinist vision of the outer world. The talk will be illustrated with relevant fragments from fiction and documentary films.
Sergei Kapterev holds a Doctorate in Cinema Studies from New YorkUniversity. His interests include film propaganda, war cinema and the Cinema of the Cold War, Soviet-American contacts in the sphere of cinema, the genre of expeditionary film, and representations of the FarEast in Soviet and Russian film culture. His recent publications include Post-Stalinist Cinema and the Russian Intelligentsia, 1953-1960 (Saarbruecken: VDM Dr. Mueller, 2008). He is a member of the Toronto-based Chemodan Films group (http://www.chemodanfilms.com/whois/).
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