Um documentário que mostra o uso da animação — por parte do governo da extinta União Soviética –, enquanto veículo de manipulação ideológica. (Veja mais detalhes abaixo do vídeo.) Esta é a primeira de quatro partes.

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Part 1 of 4 of the Documentary “Animated Soviet Propaganda“. From 1924 to Perestroika the USSR produced more than 4 dozen animated propaganda films. They weren’t for export. Their target was the new nation and their goal was to win over the hearts and minds of the Soviet people. Anti-American, Anti-British, Anti-German, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Fascist, some of these films are as artistically beautiful as the great political posters made after the 1917 revolution which inspired Soviet animation. A unique series. With a unique perspective. Includes interviews with the directors of the animated films which are still alive and commentary by a leading Soviet film scholar.

Two hours of documentary and six hours of animated films: Black and White, 1933, directed by I. Ivanov-Vano and L. Mister Twister, 1963, A. Karanovitch, Soyuzmultfilm Studio. Someone Else’s Voice. 1949. I. Ivanov-Vano. Soyuzmultfilm. Ave Maria, 1972, I. Ivanov-Vano. Soyuzmultfilm. The Millionaire, 1963, V. Bordzilovsky and Y. Prytkov, Soyuzmultfilm. Shooting Range, 1979, V. Tarasov. Soyuzmultfilm. Mr. Wolf, 1949, directed by V. Gromov. Soyuzmultfilm. OVERVIEW COMMENTATORS: Igor Kokarev, Professor of Film Sociology, Russian State Film School. Vladimir Tarasov, director/ artist “Shooting Gallery” Dr. Sofia Marshak, PhD, great-granddaughter of children’s poet Samuel Marshak Amalrik. Mezrabpomfilm.

More Information at: www.russiananimation.com.