Trzykrotny „półkownik” III RP. Rzecz o współczesnej cenzurze na przykładzie filmu Witajcie w życiu Henryka Dederki
The Threefold “Shelving” of the Third Polish Republic: On Contemporary Censorship with the Example of Henryk Dederko’s film Welcome to Life

Summary/Abstract: The 1990s in Poland were mainly a period of change caused by system transformation. The conse-quences of the new system were impoverishment, unemployment and exclusion. In the film context, animportant result was that the Main Office for the Control of the Press, Publications and Performanceswas put into liquidation, thus abolishing official censorship. This difficult time for Poles was reflectedin domestic cinematography. One of the most famous documentary films was Witajcie w życiu(Welcome to Life, 1997) by Henryk Dederko, portraying the society of the time intoxicated by theluminous vision of the future offered by the American corporation Amway. The article attempts toreconstruct the production and distribution adventures of Dederko’s film. The aim is to clarify casesconcerning the numerous lawsuits brought against the filmmakers by Amway Polska and NetworkTwenty-One. The work is based on a reception and distribution study as well as a textual analysis.It also employs interviews with the director and producer, mentions in the press and articles, and,importantly, court documents from the Jacek Gwizdała Archive.

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