The Story of the Kowalski Family and Quarter L. Memory Messages on the Screen
The Story of the Kowalski Family and Quarter L. Memory Messages on the Screen
Author(s): Andrzej SzpulakSubject(s): Sociology of Culture, History of Communism, History of the Holocaust, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Arkadiusz Gołębiewski; Stalinism in Poland; memory of the Holocaust; documentary historical film;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to two films by the independent operator, director and producer Arkadiusz Gołębiewski: The Story of the Kowalski Family (Historia Kowalskich), which raises the subject of the Holocaust, and Quarter L (Kwatera Ł), which deals with Stalin’s crimes in Poland. They are interpreted not as historical works, but as films about memory and - in the case of the latter - memory in statu nascendi. Their involvement in political and historical polemics and their relationship to the vision of history supported by the Polish State are analyzed.
Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
- Issue Year: 15/2014
- Issue No: 24
- Page Range: 99-106
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English