The Dziga Vertov Group () was formed around 1969 by politically active filmmakers including

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and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Their films are defined primarily for Brechtian forms,

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ideology, and a lack of personal authorship.

History

The roots of the project began with Godard's increased collaboration with other politically-motivated filmmakers, such as the group project ''Cinetracts'', the incomplete 1968 film ''One A.M.'' shot with D.A. Pennebaker, and the 1970 film '' British Sounds/See You at Mao'' made with Jean-Henri Roger. Eventually Godard and Gorin officially started creating films under the name Dziga Vertov Group, named after 1920s-'30s

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filmmaker

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(1896-1954). They are generally credited with having made four films: *1970 ''Pravda'' *1970 '' Le Vent d'est'' (''Wind from the East'') *1971 ''Luttes en Italie'' (''Struggles in Italy''), originally ''Lotte in Italia'' *1971 ''Vladimir et Rosa'' (''Vladimir and Rosa'') The project eventually dissolved soon after the completion of 1971's ''Vladimir et Rosa''.

Legacy

Following the last film made under the group name, Godard and Gorin made two more films together in 1972: '' Letter to Jane'' and '' Tout va bien'' (''Everything's Fine''). Another film had been shot in Palestine before the group dissolved entitled ''Jusqu'à la victoire''. It was not completed after the film's subjects and members of the

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were killed shortly after the initial footage was taken.

later used the existing material as the basis for his 1976 film ''Ici et ailleurs'' ('' Here and Elsewhere''). In the film, Godard and his wife, Anne-Marie Miéville, deconstruct his and Gorin's methods for making ''Jusqu'à la victoire'' and they in turn call into question the methods and the manifesto of the Dziga Vertov Group as a whole.

References

Jane de Almeida (org.)
Grupo Dziga Vertov/Dziga Vertov Group Book (São Paulo: witz edições, 2005).
Writings on the Dziga Vertov Group.Films of Dziga Vertov Group on 0xDB
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