Fri April 17, 2015
Mzago and Gela (Lev Push, Shalva Khuskivadze; USSR, 1934)
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(Mzago i Gela)
Highlighting the traditions and culture of the rugged Khevsuri people of northeastern Georgia, Mzago and Gela is “a Khevsur’s story, reproduced by photorecording” as a secondary title states, filled with documentary-like footage of stone villages, dances, and horse races. Grafted onto the ethnographic material, though, is a fictionalized account of the arrival of modernity in the form of the radio, brought by intrepid travelers from the city, and the intellectual awakening of a young couple. Moving from isolated mountain peaks to Tblisi’s thriving streets, Mzago and Gela documents (and encourages) the move from tradition to modernity, and tribalism to communism.
• Written by Khuskivadze, Push. Photographed by Vladimir Polikarpov, Vladimir Poznan. With Rimma Mkheidze, Levan Khotivari, Aleksandre Tsitlidze, Siko Vachnadze.
(60 mins, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond of Russia)
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Highlighting the traditions and culture of the rugged Khevsuri people of northeastern Georgia, Mzago and Gela is “a Khevsur’s story, reproduced by photorecording” as a secondary title states, filled with documentary-like footage of stone villages, dances, and horse races. Grafted onto the ethnographic material, though, is a fictionalized account of the arrival of modernity in the form of the radio, brought by intrepid travelers from the city, and the intellectual awakening of a young couple. Moving from isolated mountain peaks to Tblisi’s thriving streets, Mzago and Gela documents (and encourages) the move from tradition to modernity, and tribalism to communism.
• Written by Khuskivadze, Push. Photographed by Vladimir Polikarpov, Vladimir Poznan. With Rimma Mkheidze, Levan Khotivari, Aleksandre Tsitlidze, Siko Vachnadze.
(60 mins, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond of Russia)
(Mzago i Gela)
Highlighting the traditions and culture of the rugged Khevsuri people of northeastern Georgia, Mzago and Gela is “a Khevsur’s story, reproduced by photorecording” as a secondary title states, filled with documentary-like footage of stone villages, dances, and horse races. Grafted onto the ethnographic material, though, is a fictionalized account of the arrival of modernity in the form of the radio, brought by intrepid travelers from the city, and the intellectual awakening of a young couple. Moving from isolated mountain peaks to Tblisi’s thriving streets, Mzago and Gela documents (and encourages) the move from tradition to modernity, and tribalism to communism.
• Written by Khuskivadze, Push. Photographed by Vladimir Polikarpov, Vladimir Poznan. With Rimma Mkheidze, Levan Khotivari, Aleksandre Tsitlidze, Siko Vachnadze.
(60 mins, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond of Russia)
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Highlighting the traditions and culture of the rugged Khevsuri people of northeastern Georgia, Mzago and Gela is “a Khevsur’s story, reproduced by photorecording” as a secondary title states, filled with documentary-like footage of stone villages, dances, and horse races. Grafted onto the ethnographic material, though, is a fictionalized account of the arrival of modernity in the form of the radio, brought by intrepid travelers from the city, and the intellectual awakening of a young couple. Moving from isolated mountain peaks to Tblisi’s thriving streets, Mzago and Gela documents (and encourages) the move from tradition to modernity, and tribalism to communism.
• Written by Khuskivadze, Push. Photographed by Vladimir Polikarpov, Vladimir Poznan. With Rimma Mkheidze, Levan Khotivari, Aleksandre Tsitlidze, Siko Vachnadze.
(60 mins, Silent with Russian intertitles and simultaneous English translation, B&W, 35mm, From Gosfilmofond of Russia)
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