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The Internationale / produced and directed by Peter Miller ; produced in cooperation with Crawford Communications.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pottier, Eugène, 1816-1887. Internationale.
- Pottier, Eugène.
- Degeyter, Pierre Chrétien, 1848-1932. Internationale.
- Degeyter, Pierre Chrétien.
- Communism--France--Songs and music--History and criticism.
- Communism.
- Revolutionary ballads and songs--History and criticism.
- Revolutionary ballads and songs.
- Political ballads and songs--History and criticism.
- Political ballads and songs.
- Protest songs--History and criticism.
- Protest songs.
- Music--Social aspects.
- Music.
- Folk music--Social aspects.
- Folk music.
- Oppression (Psychology).
- Political activists.
- World politics.
- France.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Political ballads and songs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, 2000.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- This documentary film recreates the history, memory, and meanings of a song that has shaped the imagination and practice of internationalism for over a century and whose continuing popularity is a sign of "globalization from below." Eugène Pottier wrote the original French verses in the aftermath of the Paris Commune in 1871, and seventeen years later Pierre Degeyter put the words to music. A remarkable collection of sound recordings, film footage, and still images trace how the song has changed, developed, and sometimes stagnated in specific historical and political contexts. The contested meanings of the song are discussed, along with its use in a globalizing world shaped by migration, diaspora, and multi-national activism, to negotiate rather than suppress differences--of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality--that compose our common humanity.
- Participant:
- Commentators, Pete Seeger, Annette Rubenstein, Bill Susman, Vladimir Zak, Yehoshua Zamir, Marina Feleo Gonzalez, Dorothy Ray Healy, Archie Green, Maurice Jackson, Jeff Lacher, Li Lu, Billy Bragg.
- Credits:
- Editor, Amy Carey Linton ; camera, Mike Harlow, Kevin Keating.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced as motion picture in 2000.
- Previously released by: Peter Miller Films, c2000.
- Resource page includes the option of making a clip.
- Publisher Number:
- if-int Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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