RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Česálková, Lucie
T1 Sacrifice in the Interests of State. Propaganda and Film Policy in the 1930s
JF Iluminace
YR 2009
VO 21
IS 2
SP 135
OP 155
UL https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-200902-0005.php
AB The study deals with the subsidy policy of the Film Advisory Board in relation to nonfiction film and the importance of cultural-promotional film at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s. The author uncovers the web of relationships between filmmakers, distributors, cinemas and the government and the way in which they debated with each other the function and ideal form of nonfiction film. The text traces the strategies of subsidy decision-making in light of the changing cultural and political context and views subsidy policy as a dramaturgical tool that influenced the selection of subjects and helped shape the image of Czechoslovakia's media representation for domestic and foreign politics.