Zapomniani czy niezapomniani dokumentaliści?
Forgotten or Unforgotten Documentary Filmmakers?

Summary/Abstract: The reviewed volume "(Nie)zapomniani dokumentaliści" ["(Un)forgotten Documentary Filmmakers"] (2020), edited by Katarzyna Mąka-Malatyńska and Jolanta Lemann-Zajiček, is part of the archival turn in contemporary film studies. The book is a valuable contribution to research on Polish documentary film. Nine profiles of documentary filmmakers are based on thorough studies and in-depth analyses. The style of individual texts corresponds to the characters of documentary filmmakers, who represent different personalities and interests. At least four of the nine “(un)forgotten” documentary filmmakers are famous authors of films about art, representatives of the former Polish school of this genre. Even if we focus on the biographies of filmmakers only, they are a rich contribution to the image of Polish cinematography and the complex mechanisms of its development. Knowledge about their greatest achievements, in turn, often confirmed by awards at world festivals, should belong to the canon of humanistic education.

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