Imagining October

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Imagining October (1984)

Directed by Derek Jarman

Documentary · 27m

Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite Britain. The title refers to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution and Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda film October: Ten Days That Shook the World 1928. The project began during a trip to the Soviet Union sponsored by the British Film Institute in October 1984. Jarman was invited to present The Tempest in Moscow and Baku with fellow filmmaker Sally Potter and film theorist Peter Wollen and asked in return to make a short film for the London Film Festival in November.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Derek Jarman
Writer
Derek Jarman
Editor
Derek Jarman

Details

Release date
1984-10-01
Runtime
27m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom