Cinema Militant Political Filmmaking and May 1968 2016

This history covers the filmmaking tradition often referred to as cinéma militant , which emerged in France during the events of May 1968 and flourished for a decade. While some films produced were created by established filmmakers, including Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, and William Klein, others were helmed by left-wing filmmakers working in the extreme margins of French cinema. This latter group gave voice to underrepresented populations, such as undocumented immigrants ( sans papiers ), entry-level factory workers ( ouvriers spécialisés ), highly intellectual Marxist-Leninist collectives, and militant special interest groups. While this book spans the broad history of this uncharted tradition, it particularly focuses on these lesser-known figures and works and the films of Cinélutte, Les groupes medvedkine, Atelier de recherche cinématographique, Cinéthique, and the influential Marxist filmmaker Jean-Pierre Thorn. Each represent a certain tendency of this movement in French film history, offering an invaluable account of a tradition that also sought to share untold histories. Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Wildcat Strikes and Wildcat Cinema In May '68: ARC -- 1.1. What Is cinema militant? -- 1.2. Interrogating the absence -- 1.3. Production eclipsed by theory -- 1.4. Reception In English: Sylvia Harvey's May '68 and Film Culture -- 1.5. History in France -- 1.6. The cinema of May 1968 -- ch. 2 Jean-Pierre Thorn: No investigation, no right to speak -- 2.1. Jean-Pierre Thorn and Oser lutter, oser vaincre -- 2.2. The strike at Flins, as told by Jean-Pierre Thorn/Ligne rouge -- 2.3. Ligne rouge -- 2.4. Cinema Libre -- 2.5. Les etablis -- 2.6. La greve des ouvriers de Margoline -- 2.7. Le dos au mur -- 2.8. Georgette Vacher -- ch. 3 Cinelutte: Tout ce qui bouge est rouge -- 3.1. Cinelutte beginnings -- 3.2. Jusqu'au bout -- 3.3. Petites tetes, grandes surfaces -- anatomle d'un supermarche -- 3.4. Bonne chance la France -- 3.5. A pas lentes -- ch. 4 Les groupes Medvedkine: Before and After Chris Marker -- 4.1. The adventure of Les groupes Medvedkine -- 4.2. Medvedkin and the Cine-Train -- 4.3. CCPPO -- 4.4. Two productions by the CCPPO -- 4.5. Le groupe Medvedkine Besancon -- 4.6. Le groupe Medvedkine Sochaux -- ch. 5 Of Theory and Peasants: Groupe Cinethique -- 5.1. Groupe Cinethique -- 5.2. Le Front Paysan -- 5.3. Les Handicapes mechants and Bon pied bon oeil et toute sa tete. Paul Douglas Grant. Includes filmography (pages 203-209), bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index. Annotation This history covers the filmmaking tradition often referred to as cinéma militant, which emerged in France during the events of May 1968 and flourished for a decade. While some films produced were created by established filmmakers, including Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, and William Klein, others were helmed by left-wing filmmakers working in the extreme margins of French cinema. This latter group gave voice to underrepresented populations, such as undocumented immigrants (sans papiers), entry-level factory workers (ouvriers spécialisés), highly intellectual Marxist-Leninist collectives, and militant special interest groups. While this book spans the broad history of this uncharted tradition, it particularly focuses on these lesser-known figures and works and the films of Cinélutte, Les groupes medvedkine, Atelier de recherche cinématographique, Cinéthique, and the influential Marxist filmmaker Jean-Pierre Thorn. Each represent a certain tendency of this movement in French film history, offering an invaluable account of a tradition that also sought to share untold histories Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Wildcat Strikes and Wildcat Cinema in May '68: ARC; 2. Jean-Pierre Thorn: "No investigation, no right to speak" ; 3. Cinélutte: "Tout ce qui bouge est rouge" ; 4. Les groupes Medvedkine: Before and After Chris Marker ; 5. Of Theory and Peasants: Groupe Cinéthique ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Filmography; Bibliography; Index.;This history covers the filmmaking tradition often referred to as cinéma militant, which emerged in France during the events of May 1968 and flourished for a decade. While some films produced were created by established filmmakers, including Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, and William Klein, others were helmed by left-wing filmmakers working in the extreme margins of French cinema. This latter group gave voice to underrepresented populations, such as undocumented immigrants (sans papiers), entry-level factory workers (ouvriers spécialisés), highly intellectual Marxist-Leninist collectives, and. This history covers the filmmaking tradition often referred to as cineḿa militant, which emerged in France during the events of May 1968 and flourished for a decade. While some films produced were created by established filmmakers, including Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, and William Klein, others were helmed by left-wing filmmakers working in the extreme margins of French cinema This history covers the filmmaking tradition often referred to as cinema militant, which emerged in France during the events of May 1968 and flourished for a decade.