Marxist Film Program
From the revolutionary montage of Sergei Eisenstein to the self-reflexive modernism of Jean-Luc Godard, and from the allegorical landscapes of Glauber Rocha’s third cinema to the structural critiques of Laura Mulvey, these films demand to be read as texts. They are cultural documents, laden with the contradictions of late capitalism, and yet they hold within them the seeds of its negation.
Engaging with these cinematic works through the lens of Marxist criticism allows us to map the shifting terrains of class, labor, and desire. It reveals not only the repressive apparatus of the culture industry but also the latent possibilities for radical transformation. This program invites us to grasp the dialectical interplay of history and aesthetics, insisting that cinema is both a reflection of the world we inhabit and a tool for imagining the worlds yet to come.