The Internationale
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Actor: Billy Bragg, Dorothy Healey, Pete SeegerDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Movie Reviews of The Internationale
Movie Review: The power of song
Summary: 5 Stars
This short documentary about the Internationale, narrated in large part by Pete Seeger and featuring interviews with a dozen or so activists of old and young generations and many nationalities, is both inspiring and informative. The film traces the history of the song from its composition in 1871, its adoption by radicals around the world as a call for worker solidarity and a new, more just world, its institutionalization by the Soviet totalitarian state, and its rediscovery by younger activists around the world today.
The co-optation of the Internationale by a brutally repressive regime is one of the great ironies in the song's history. Many of the older activists who were interviewed admit that, while they retain strong emotional bonds to the song, they're troubled by one of its lines: "No more tradition's claims shall bind us." Their point is that a the left movement whose signal song was the Internationale was in fact co-opted by a very pernicious tradition indeed.
That's why Billy Bragg, with Pete Seeger's encouragement, wrote a more recent version of the lyrics, one that, as Bragg says, tries to rescue the song from a rather dead iconic status and revitalize it for today's progressive movement. My only complaint with the film is that we were given only snippets of the new version. (But the whole thing can easily be found on the internet.)
The film's archival footage of the great depression, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain, farm workers in the Philippines and U.S., dissident students in China, and young Democratic Socialists of America members is especially good. Highly recommended.
Summary of The Internationale
THE INTERNATIONALE tells the story of a legendary song written in 1871, after the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune, that was soon to be translated and sung in over a hundred languages throughout the world, and become a rallying cry for all the oppressed and exploited people of the world to rise up and overthrow their masters. It takes us on a journey around the world and throughout history - from the Paris Commune to the Soviet Union, from Jamaica to Tiananmen Square - bringing to life the stories of people who have been touched by this emotionally-charged song.Featuring rare archival footage and performances and interviews with Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger, and others, THE INTERNATIONALE explores the importance of ideals, the fate of the left, and the power of music as a force for change.
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