The Internationale /

The Internationale / produced and directed by Peter Miller ; produced in cooperation with Crawford Communications.

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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 a...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Alexander Street)
Corporate Authors: NBC Symphony Orchestra (Performer), Peter Miller Films, Crawford Communications, Inc, Icarus Films
Other Authors: Miller, Peter, 1961- (Director, Producer), Toscanini, Arturo, 1867-1957 (Conductor), Peerce, Jan, 1904-1984 (Performer), Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997 (Narrator), Sarton, May, 1912-1995 (Screenwriter), Hammid, Alexander (Director), Lerner, Irving, 1909-1976 (Producer), Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, Bragg, Billy
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, 2000.
Subjects:
Pottier, Eugène, > 1816-1887. > Internationale.
Degeyter, Pierre Chrétien, > 1848-1932. > Internationale.
Internationale (Degeyter, Pierre Chrétien)
Internationale (Pottier, Eugène)
Communism > France > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Revolutionary ballads and songs > History and criticism.
Political ballads and songs > History and criticism.
Protest songs > History and criticism.
Music > Social aspects.
Folk music > Social aspects.
Oppression (Psychology)
Political activists.
World politics.
Communism > Songs and music.
Political ballads and songs.
Protest songs.
Revolutionary ballads and songs.
France.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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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.
Item Description:Originally produced as motion picture in 2000.
Previously released by: Peter Miller Films, c2000.
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (30 min.)
Audience:9 and up.
Production Credits:Editor, Amy Carey Linton ; camera, Mike Harlow, Kevin Keating.

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