University of Pennsylvania Department of Russian and East European Studies

Reminder: April 8

Matsumoto Toshio’s Antifascist Film-Philosophy | Center for East Asian Studies This talk analyzes fiercely political filmmaker Matsumoto Toshio through the lens of antifascism and unorthodox communist politics. Matsumoto Toshio was an avant-garde documentary filmmaker best known for the q***r, kaleidoscopic Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), a series of "neo-documentary" films fr...

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Save the date! April 8:

Matsumoto Toshio’s Antifascist Film-Philosophy | Center for East Asian Studies This talk analyzes fiercely political filmmaker Matsumoto Toshio through the lens of antifascism and unorthodox communist politics. Matsumoto Toshio was an avant-garde documentary filmmaker best known for the q***r, kaleidoscopic Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), a series of "neo-documentary" films fr...