COMMA film series “Modernist Energies” hosts screening of Vertov’s “Enthusiasm” on Oct. 28

COMMA will be hosting the first event in its 2016-17 series, “Modernist Energies.” On Friday, Oct. 28th at 12:00 in SH 2635 they will screen Dziga Vertov’s 1931 film, Enthusiasm. Vertov’s first sound film tracks the efforts of Ukrainian miners in the Donbass coal mines to fulfill their part of the first five-year plan in only four years. Following the screening, there will be a discussion of the film and two essays by Jonathan Beller and Sergei Tret’iakov. Pizza and drinks will be provided!

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