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DESCRIPTION:This Thursday the International\nYouth and Students for Social Equality 
 (IYSSE) invite you to\nview a special and rare screening of Tsar to 
 Lenin.\nTsar to Lenin, first released in\n1937, ranks among the twentieth 
 century’s greatest film\ndocumentaries. It presents an extraordinary 
 cinematic account of\nthe Russian Revolution—from the mass uprising which 
 overthrew\nthe centuries-old Tsarist regime in February 1917, to 
 the\nBolshevik-led insurrection eight months later that established\nthe 
 first socialist workers’ state, and the final victory in\n1921 of the new 
 Soviet regime over counter-revolutionary forces\nafter a three-year-long 
 civil war.\n\n\nBased on archival footage assembled over more\nthan a 
 decade by the legendary Herman Axelbank (1900-1979), Tsar\nto Lenin 
 provides an unparalleled film record of a\nrevolutionary movement, 
 embracing millions, which “shook the\nworld” and changed the course of 
 history. The narration by Max\nEastman (1883-1969), the pioneer American 
 radical, conveys with\nemotion and humanity the drama and pathos of the 
 revolution.\nHailed by film critics as a masterpiece upon its premier, 
 Tsar\nto Lenin aroused fierce opposition from those who\nfeared the 
 consequences of its truthful portrayal of events.\nFirst, the Stalinist 
 organizations—which could not abide the\ndocumentary’s depiction of the 
 leading role played by Leon\nTrotsky in the revolution and civil 
 war—threatened a boycott of\ntheaters that showed the film. Later, during 
 the McCarthyite era\nand the Cold War, public showings of Tsar to 
 Lenin\nwere all but impossible.\nEighty years after its premier, the 
 importance of\nTsar to Lenin remains undiminished. Indeed, the\nfresh wave 
 of historical falsification provoked by the\ndissolution of the Soviet 
 Union in 1991 lends to this film\nexceptional relevance. In a new period of 
 global capitalist\ncrisis, Tsar to Lenin bears witness to a moment\nin 
 history when socialist ideals inspired the greatest\nrevolutionary movement 
 in world history.\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/22/18803823.php
SUMMARY:TSAR ✭ TO ✭ LENIN - The Definitive Documentary Film Record of the Russian Revolution
LOCATION:Room 51, Berkeley City College\n2050 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/10/22/18803823.php
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