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Far from Poland / a film by Jill Godmilow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, IL : Facets Video, 2007. Description: 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (15 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00788
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Jacek Laskus; music, Michael Sahl.
Summary: A woman filmmaker, steeped in the documentary tradition of the Left, sets out to show the road to salvation through the "miracle" of the Polish Solidarity movement. Denied visas to shoot in Poland, she constructs a film in New York over the barest bones of documentary footage and creates her personal definition of the Polish struggle. The result: a deft dismemberment of the myth of "documentary truth."
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DVD DVD Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore A00788 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00788

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Cinematography, Jacek Laskus; music, Michael Sahl.

A woman filmmaker, steeped in the documentary tradition of the Left, sets out to show the road to salvation through the "miracle" of the Polish Solidarity movement. Denied visas to shoot in Poland, she constructs a film in New York over the barest bones of documentary footage and creates her personal definition of the Polish struggle. The result: a deft dismemberment of the myth of "documentary truth."

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