The Story of Film: An Odyssey Fight the Power: Protest in Film (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary, History

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Fight the Power: Protest in Film (Season 1, Episode 12)

TV Episode | 62 min | Documentary, History

The Story of Film looks at cinema of the 1980s and examines how directors used movies to protest and speak truth to those in power. It first looks at film-makers in Communist China (Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou) and ...See moreThe Story of Film looks at cinema of the 1980s and examines how directors used movies to protest and speak truth to those in power. It first looks at film-makers in Communist China (Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Kaige, and Zhang Yimou) and examines Eastern Europran directors in Georgia (Tengiz Abuladze), the Soviet Union (Elem Klimov, Kira Muratova), and Poland (Krzysztof Kieslowski). It, then, discusses Africa cinema in Burkina Faso (Gaston Kabore) and Mali (Souleymane Cisse). In the United States, films are influenced by music video and the Cold War. It looks at the films of David Lynch, Spike Lee, John Sayles, and Maggie Renzi. In European protest filmmakers thrive in France (Luc Besson and Leos Carax), Spain (Pedro Almodovar and Víctor Erice), England (Stephen Frears, Terence Davies, Peter Greenaway, and Derek Jarman), Scotland (Bill Douglas and Bill Forsyth), Wales (Peter Greenaway), and Canada (David Cronenberg, Norman McLaren, and Denys Arcand). Written by Shatterdaymorn See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark Cousins Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	The First Movie (2009)
Margaret Thatcher Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Zhuangzhuang Tian Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Delamu (2004)
Gaston Kaboré Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Zan Boko (1988)
David Lynch Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Twin Peaks (1990)
John Sayles Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Lone Star (1996)
Maggie Renzi Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Lone Star (1996)
Bill Forsyth Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Local Hero (1983)
Terence Davies Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Juan Diego Botto Narrator (voice) (version: spanish) Narrator (voice) (version: spanish) See fewer	La Celestina (1996)