This talk will introduce, in very broad strokes, Georgian filmmaking of the first independence period (1918-1921), primarily a matter of six surviving newsreels collectively known as the Menshevik Chronicle. 

Jerry White is Canada Research Chair in European Studies at Dalhousie University. His work ranges across literature and filmmaking (including documentary and avant-garde practices), with a particular focus on “small” or marginal cultures. 

This event is presented by the Film and Visual Studies Colloquium and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.