Inna twarz węgla - Kopalnia Natalii Brzozowskiej
The Other Coal Face - Natalia Brzozowska's Coal Mine

Summary/Abstract: The text analyzes Natalia Brzozowska's film Kopalnia/The Coal Mine (1947). The fate of the director is inextricably linked to her film: her greatest artistic achievement became the source of her drama. The author herself was entered into the group of (Un)forgettable documentary filmmakers, although this happened relatively recently. Brzozowska's documentary was a highly original statement, drawing on and developing the best traditions of cinema, telling stories through images and using sound in a creative way. The reference points for this film are classic documentaries from the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, primarily Salt for Svanetia by Mikhail Kalatozov and Coal Face by Alberto Cavalcanti. On the other hand, the film fits into the Silesian cultural tradition. I contest the thesis that Brzozowska's film belongs to works enclosed in the aesthetics of socialist realism.

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