"The cinema is made to send news from where you are", as Jean-Luc Godard has often said. But as Godard knows and practices equally well (especially in 1976's Here and Elsewhere), cinema can also receive news from someone. It is not just a way to think and speak about oneself, it is a way to move beyond the ego and think of others, especially when they are in danger or in pain. Once-in Spain in 1936, for example-such a move was called "internationalism." Although tarnished by the history of state communisms, this old word still carries strong values that can be used to resist globalized cinema, nationalism, communitarianism, and all processes of identification imposed by geography, history, and bureaucracy rather than existential singular free choice.

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This series pays tribute to a handful of still-undervalued internationalist filmmakers (René Vautier, Bruno Muel, Sarah Maldoror, Raymundo Gleyzer, Margaret Dickinson, Yolande du Luart, Masao Adachi via Philippe Grandrieux, Peter Whitehead) whose courage and generosity saved the honor of cinema in times of colonialism and the struggles for independence. It is also meant to honor some of the cinema's present-day combatants (Frank Pineda, Florence Jaugey, John Gianvito, Laura Waddington, Florent Marcie, Edouard Beau, Olivier Dury, Paul Cronin...) who are renewing these ideals in different political contexts. "Within oneself, there are also the others" (Jean-Luc Godard, 1997).

Curated by Nicole Brenez.

Nicole Brenez will be present for selected screenings during the opening weekend; visit www.anthologyfilmarchives.org for updated information.

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Internationalist Cinema For Today

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