Film exhibition for indigenous people in Soviet Siberia: ‘cinema-coming’ and political enlightenment in the red yurt

• Published in: Early Popular Visual Culture
• Main Author: Damiens, Caroline
• Other Authors: Histoire des Arts et des Représentations (HAR), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Film exhibition; indigenous audience; Siberia; Soviet Union; political enlightenment; audiences; [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences; [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology; [SHS.ART]Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art history; [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History; Endeavour; taiga
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04129074; https://doi.org/10.1080/17460654.2023.2209939

International audience How can we get insights into early Soviet cinema screenings for indigenous audiences in the Siberian taiga at the end of the 1920s? Preserved by the Grodekov Khabarovsk Regional Museum (Russia), the recently published diaries of Alexandra Putintseva, a cultural worker posted a...