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Abstract
This article begins by providing a narrative account of the (re)discovery of Union Films, the leading producer of left-wing documentaries in the United States in the immediate post-World War II era. Because of the Red Scare and blacklist, the organization has gone unmentioned in histories of documentary and radical filmmaking. The Orphan Film Movement has provided a cultural formation that has enabled this reclamation to unfold, providing a synergy between scholars, archives and labs. The question is then raised: where does the Union Films Project go from here?
Résumé
La première section de cet article retrace l’histoire de la (re)découverte de Union Films, la principale maison de production de films documentaires de gauche aux États-Unis au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Le maccarthysme et la liste noire ont contribué à écarter ce collectif de producteurs de l’histoire du cinéma documentaire et engagé. Le mouvement qui s’est constitué autour des « films orphelins » a fourni une assise culturelle qui a permis de corriger cette situation, créant une synergie entre les chercheurs, les archives et les laboratoires. La question qui se pose désormais est la suivante : quelle direction le Union Films Project doit-il prendre ?
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