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The Owl's legacy. 3, Democracy, or the city of dreams
- Summary
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Part 3 of Chris Marker's contemplative essay about the influence of Greek culture in our society. In each of the thirteen episodes, a Greek word is deciphered by artists and intellectuals from vari...
Part 3 of Chris Marker's contemplative essay about the influence of Greek culture in our society. In each of the thirteen episodes, a Greek word is deciphered by artists and intellectuals from various countries. This segment explores what the word "democracy" specifically means when it refers to ancient city-states or to our current political systems.
Details
- Creator
- produced by Attica Art Productions Inc. (Groupe Fondation Onassis), La S.E.P.T. (Unité de programme Thierry Garrel), Fit Production ; [director: Chris Marker]
- Other Title
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- Available from some providers with subtitle: Democracy, or city of dreams
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French, German
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [1989]
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (26 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Credits
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- Voice, Bob Peck
- Music, Eleni Karaindrou [and 3 others] ; camerapersons, Andreas Sinanos [and 5 others] ; editing team, Khadicha Bariha, Nedjma Scialom
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Fit Production/Attica Art Productions Inc./La S.E.P.T., ©1989.
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- In English, French, and German with English subtitles.