THEME EXPLORATION

agricultural collectivization

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Le Train en marche
Le Train en marche
1971 · Chris Marker
Foot and Mouth
Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson
Madame l'eau
Madame l'eau
1993 · Jean Rouch
The General Line
The General Line
1929 · Sergei Eisenstein
The Land
The Land
1942 · Robert Flaherty
Dignity of the Nobodies
Dignity of the Nobodies
2005 · Fernando Solanas
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
1946 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas
Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas
1930 · Dziga Vertov
God's Country
God's Country
1985 · Louis Malle
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
1951 · Phil Karlson
State Fair
State Fair
1945 · Walter Lang
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union

His film 'The General Line' (1929) directly depicts agricultural collectivization as a triumphant modernization narrative through revolutionary montage.

 Andrzej Wajda Poland

His films like 'Ashes and Diamonds' and 'A Generation' examine the ideological conflicts and personal traumas inflicted by forced collectivization in Eastern Europe.