Monday October 31, 2022
7:50-9:00 p.m
Park Auditorium
Ithaca College
IN-PERSON INTERDISCIPLINARY ROUNDTABLE
Battleship Potemkin ( Bronenosets Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein, USSR, 1925) is considered one of the most important films in the history of world cinema. Shot in Odessa in Ukraine, the film resonates deeply with the current war in Ukraine.
The film chronicles the 1905 Potemkin mutiny in Odessa, where sailors rose up against tyrannical superiors. It was commissioned by the Soviet government to commemorate the mutiny, and was made for the victorious workers and peasants who had recently experienced the civil war.
Battleship Potemkin had an enormous impact. It visualized Eisenstein’s theory of montage, focused on the masses rather than individuals, influenced Hollywood filmmaking, was censored in Germany for its class politics, and has been referenced in many other films and works of art around the globe since its release.
The famous Odessa Steps sequence from Battleship Potemkin
Interdisciplinary Roundtable:
Dr. Jennifer Jolly, Art History
Dr. Michael Richardson, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Dr. Andrew Utterson, Screen Studies
Dr. Zenon Wasyliw, History
Facilitated by Dr. Patricia Zimmermann, Screen Studies
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Patricia Rodden Zimmermann at patty@ithaca.edu or 6073514334. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.