1972 · documentary · political · labor
Workers '71
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Tomasz Zygadło47m1972
A story about Gdańsk Shipyard and its workers after so called Grudzień 1970 (1970 protests). After those events Edward Gierek replaced Władysław Gomułka as party first secretary and promised redical change in style and methods of ruling. Kieślowski shows the skepticism of workers and their attitude to party members. He also pictures conflicts inside the party (PZPR) and usual work in shipyard. The political criticism of this movie made it a target of censorship – it was suspended and cut against the will of director.
Our read: Workers '71 (1972) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded documentary · political · labor entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary / political, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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