Film as Diplomat. The Politics of Postwar Screenings at Czechoslovak Foreign Embassies
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Film History |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/filmhistory.27.1.85 |
| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | nontheatrical film; alternative film exhibition; short film; cultural policy; Czechoslovakia |
| Description | In the years immediately following World War II, Europe faced new geo-political constellation. The war fundamentally transformed the international diplomatic position of Czechoslovakia as a small nation on the border between East and West. This study examines the efforts of Czechoslovak government to restore diplomatic relations through the screening of short nonfiction films at its foreign embassies. It examines ambassadorial screenings as a special kind on non-theatrical film practice and discusses it both in the context of strained political relations at the time of Cold War’s overture, and in the context of post-war vision of peace-building dissemination of information. |
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