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The Internationale / a First Run Features presentation ; a film by Peter Miller ; produced and directed by Peter Miller ; produced in association with Crawford Communications, Atlanta.
LIBRA DVD HM831 .I58 2006
Available from offsite location
- 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.
- activists.
- Internationale (Degeyter, Pierre Chrétien).
- Internationale (Pottier, Eugène).
- Communism--Songs and music.
- France.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- documentary film.
- Historical films
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Historical films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- plastic
- 4 3/4 in.
- stamping
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Peter Miller Films : Distributed by First Run Features, 2006, ©2000.
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
- digital
- video file
- DVD video
- 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.
- Contents:
- Special features: Featurette Hymn of the Nations / Arturo Toscanini ; the NBC Symphony Orchestra ; soloist Jan Peerce ; Burgess Meredith, narrator ; script, May Sarton ; director, Alexander Hammid ; produced by Irving Lerner ; Meyer/Burstyn, Inc. (1946) (28 min.); Text features: A brief history of 'The Internationale'; Lyrics to 'The Internationale' (French, American English, British English, Zulu, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Billy Bragg's English version); Director biography; Trailers (9 min.).
- 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:
- Edited by Amy Carey Linton ; camera, Mike Harlow, Kevin Keating.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as motion picture in 2000.
- OCLC:
- 76290468
- Publisher Number:
- 720229912457
- 912457 First Run Features
- 912457D First Run Features
- Online:
- Credits from Internet movie database
- View cover art
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