Poles, Ukrainians, and Film: Shared History, Manipulation, and Truth
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 —
2:00PM - 4:00PM
Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place
Cinema could be considered today’s Biblia pauperum, or a poor-man’s bible, one using pictures and images to convey incontrovertible truths. Films offer many people a source of historical knowledge that is more influential than books, journals, or formal education at school or university. Recent Polish and Ukrainian movies such as “With Fire and Sword,” “In Darknesss,” and “Metropolitan Andrey” do offer audiences a certain historical truth, but more serve as a medium for manipulating and re-narrating history. This presentation will discuss the mechanism of creating “moving pictures” of shared Polish and Ukrainian history in contemporary cinematography.
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