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''.]] A propaganda film is a s in the early 1940s in the United States were designed to create Consensus at the expense of "the enemy." In fact, one of the conventions of the Genre that developed during the period was that of a cross-section of the United States which comes together as a crack unit for the good of the country. Arguably one of the earliest films to be used for propaganda was '' The Birth Of A Nation '', although it was not produced for the purposes of indoctrination. In the years following the October Revolution of 1917 , the Soviet government sponsored the Russia n film industry with the purpose of making propaganda films. The development of Russian cinema in the 1920s by such Filmmaker s as Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein saw considerable progress in the use of the motion picture as a propaganda tool, yet it also served to develop the art of moviemaking. Eisenstein's films, in particular '' The Battleship Potemkin '', are seen as masterworks of the cinema, even as they glorify Eisenstein's Communist ideals. The '', a film commissioned by Hitler to chronicle the 1934 Nazi Party rally in Nuremburg . Despite the controversial subject, the film is still recognized today as one of the Most Powerful Films In History , with revolutionary approaches in both music and cinematography. In the United States during World War II , filmmaker Frank Capra was called to create films to support the war effort. The result, a seven-part series entitled '' Why We Fight '', is considered another highlight of the propaganda film genre. Other propaganda movies, such as '' Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo '' and especially '' Casablanca '', have become so well-regarded that they are no longer considered propaganda films. {Link without Title} In Italy , at the same time, great Film Director s like Roberto Rossellini produced works for similar purposes. Other noted propaganda films:
For more discussion of propaganda and some examples of it in Short Films from the United States , see the 10-volume CD-ROM collection Our Secret Century . And for a satirical subversion of the United States military's 1960s propaganda regarding the safety of radioactive materials, see '' The Atomic Cafe ''. EXTERNAL LINKS
OTHER USES ''"Propaganda Films"'' {Link without Title} was also the name of a production company created in the early 1980s which focused primarily on Music Videos , although they also produced many Commercials and a few Feature Films through the years. It was forced to close down in part due to the economic crisis which followed the September 11, 2001 Attacks . |
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