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| The Internationale | 
| Actors: Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger, Dorothy Healey
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 46536
Format: Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Italian (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.3
MPN: D912457D
UPC: 720229912457
EAN: 0720229912457
ASIN: B000HXDENK
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: November 21, 2006
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Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED
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Product Description
THE INTERNATIONALE tells the story of a legendary song written in 1871, after the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune, that was soon to be translated and sung in over a hundred languages throughout the world, and become a rallying cry for all the oppressed and exploited people of the world to rise up and overthrow their masters. It takes us on a journey around the world and throughout history - from the Paris Commune to the Soviet Union, from Jamaica to Tiananmen Square - bringing to life the stories of people who have been touched by this emotionally-charged song.
Featuring rare archival footage and performances and interviews with Billy Bragg, Pete Seeger, and others, THE INTERNATIONALE explores the importance of ideals, the fate of the left, and the power of music as a force for change.
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 The power of song July 2, 2008
This short documentary about the Internationale, narrated in large part by Pete Seeger and featuring interviews with a dozen or so activists of old and young generations and many nationalities, is both inspiring and informative. The film traces the history of the song from its composition in 1871, its adoption by radicals around the world as a call for worker solidarity and a new, more just world, its institutionalization by the Soviet totalitarian state, and its rediscovery by younger activists around the world today.
The co-optation of the Internationale by a brutally repressive regime is one of the great ironies in the song's history. Many of the older activists who were interviewed admit that, while they retain strong emotional bonds to the song, they're troubled by one of its lines: "No more tradition's claims shall bind us." Their point is that a the left movement whose signal song was the Internationale was in fact co-opted by a very pernicious tradition indeed.
That's why Billy Bragg, with Pete Seeger's encouragement, wrote a more recent version of the lyrics, one that, as Bragg says, tries to rescue the song from a rather dead iconic status and revitalize it for today's progressive movement. My only complaint with the film is that we were given only snippets of the new version. (But the whole thing can easily be found on the internet.)
The film's archival footage of the great depression, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain, farm workers in the Philippines and U.S., dissident students in China, and young Democratic Socialists of America members is especially good. Highly recommended.
movong May 8, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
very moving film - about the time when people had hope and ideals and were prepared to make great sacrifices for them - also a little sad that those ideals have disappeared into history and replaced with our present day selfishness - music of course inspiring
Loved It!! March 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great Movie. Stirring, epic, all those things. Wonderful to see Pete Seeger, Archie Green and all the rest talking about this beautiful song and it's complicated history.
 Irrelevant ! March 8, 2007
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
I expect to hear the original song, or some viarations of it... Nothing! You hear people talking about it for 30+ minutes...
Honoring workers February 10, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a documentary that tells how a song has been used to honor the poor and working class all over the world. It has been translated into many languages and is still sung at many events. The images presented, as well as the interviews with Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg and Dorothy Healey, call attention to the plight of workers everywhere. It is the story of a song that, once you hear it, you keep hearing it in your head. A very moving documentary.
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