Fight the Power: Protest in Film

7.8/10 · 202 votesNov 19, 201163 min

Ranked #14 of 15 in Season 1•−0.1 vs season avg

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

Season 1 Episodes15

E1 8.1

Birth of the Cinema

E2 8.0

The Hollywood Dream

E3 8.1

The Golden Age of World Cinema

The Arrival of Sound

Post-War Cinema

Sex & Melodrama

European New Wave

New Directors, New Form

E9 8.0

American Cinema of the 70s

E10 7.7

Movies to Change the World

E11 7.8

The Arrival of Multiplexes and Asian Mainstream

E12 7.8Now viewing

Fight the Power: Protest in Film

E13 7.9

New Boundaries: World Cinema in Africa, Asia & Latin America

E14 7.9

New American Independents & The Digital Revolution

E15 7.9

Cinema Today and the Future

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Mark Cousins

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Mario Cordova

Narrator

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Episode Summary

"Fight the Power: Protest in Film" is episode 12 of The Story of Film: An Odyssey season 1. It scored 7.8/10 from 202 votes, ranking #14 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.9). It aired on November 19, 2011.

Fight the Power: Protest in Film

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