The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Season 1 Episode 12: Fight the Power: Protest in Film

Protest in the movies of the 1980s: brave filmmakers spoke truth to power. American independent director John Sayles talks exclusively about these years. In Beijing, Chinese cinema blossomed before the Tiananmen crackdown. In the Soviet Union, the past wells up in astonishing films, and master director Krzysztof Kieslowski emerges in Poland.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

15

Cast:

Mark Cousins, Mario Cordova

Quality:

HD

Duration:

63 min

First Air:

2011

Rating:

7.7