Synopsis

THE INTERNATIONALE tells people’s stories about the emotionally-charged anthem of the left, “The Internationale,” which has been sung in hundreds of languages around the world as a song of hope and change. The film features stories and performances by Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg and people from China, the Philippines, Russia, and elsewhere. Through the story of a song, the film explores the importance of ideals, the fate of the left, and the power of music as a force for change. Best Short Documentary winner Woodstock Film Festival, short-listed for an Academy Award nomination. 30 minutes.

                 

Theatrical Trailer

“A stirring documentary about the radical song and its impact on social change throughout the world.”Detroit Free Press

Produced and Directed by
PETER MILLER

Edited by
AMY CAREY LINTON

Camera
MIKE HARLOW
KEVIN KEATING

Contributing Producers
SUSANNE ROSTOCK
JUDITH HELFAND
GEORGE STONEY

Associate Producer
GENEVIEVE NICOLAS

Executive Producer
JESSE CRAWFORD

Sound Recordists
PETER MILLER
PETER TOOKE
GREG LINTON

Additional Camera
MARYSE ALBERTI
JUDITH HELFAND
BILL KAVANAGH
YEHOSHUA ZAMIR

Additional Sound
SCOTT BREINDEL
ESTHER CASSIDY
JOHN VALADEZ

Researchers
NATHANIEL KNIGHT
TONI HANNA
TRACEY HOLDER
KUNITO IMAI

Archival Footage
ARCHIVE FILMS
ABC NEWS VIDEO SOURCE
CARLTON INTERNATIONAL
CHRIS FREDERICK & KIM HOPKINS
GRINBERG FILM LIBRARIES

“THE HARDER THEY COME”
COURTESY OF PERRY HENZELL

HISTORIC FILMS
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
THE RESEARCH SOURCE

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY
FOR SOCIAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH

ROLF THEORIN
TAKAMINE TSUYASHI

“1900” BY BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
COURTESY OF ALBERTO GRIMALDI

FOOTAGE RESEARCH FROM
“THE GOOD FIGHT: THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE
IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR” © 1984
NOEL BUCKNER, MARY DORE AND SAM SILLS

Archival Still Images
BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
BILLY BRAGG
EL CENTRO PUBLIC LIBRARY
EVA FASANELLA
BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LILLE
LES ARCHIVES MUNICIPALES DE LILLE
IMMIGRANT CITY ARCHIVES
LAVON INSTITUTE
LAWRENCE HERITAGE STATE PARK
MARINA FELEO GONZALEZ
TAMIMENT LIBRARY, NYU
VLADIMIR ZAK
YEHOSHUA ZAMIR

CHARLES DEERING McCORMICK LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Music

“The Internationale”
by Eugene Pottier and Pierre Degeyter
© Les Editions du Chant du Monde, Paris

Billy Bragg arrangement
Courtesy BMG songs, Inc. (ASCAP)
o/b/o BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed by Billy Bragg and Cara Tivey

Coco Briaval et son Quintette
Courtesy of Auvidis/Naive Records

Original Music Performed By
BOBBY HORTON, Guitar, Mandolin, Flute, Violin

RODGER FRENCH, Accordion

YEHOSHUA ZAMIR, Harmonica

THE ALEXANDREV RED ARMY CHORUS

RAISE YOUR BANNERS FESTIVAL, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND
Women’s Choral Performance

Produced in Cooperation with
CRAWFORD COMMUNICATIONS, INC., ATLANTA

Project coordinators
KERRIE HARRISON
BEN SKILLMAN

On-line editor
TOM ROCHE

Titles and Graphics
WIL MADISON
CURTIS ELDER

Colorist
D.C. CARDINALI

Sound Mixer
ORLANDO CALZADO

Distributed by
FIRST RUN/ICARUS FILMS
32 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

©2000 Peter Miller
All rights reserved

Fiscal sponsor
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS

Funding Provided By

THE DONNET FUND
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
SHENKIN FELLOWSHIP, YALE SCHOOL OF ART

THE JACOB AND BESSYE BLAUFARB
VIDEOTAPE LIBRARY OF THE
AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT,
N.Y.U. LIBRARIES

Additional Funding By

LUCIUS AND EVA EASTMAN FUND
THE HARBURG FOUNDATION
THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION
THE FUNDING EXCHANGE

BLUE MOUNTAIN CENTER
SHIRLEY MAGIDSON
AARON SCHECTER
JANE BENEDICT HAWLEY

Special Thanks

DEBRA BERNHARDT
RACHEL BERNSTEIN
BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
PAOLO BETTI
PAM CALVERT
ESTHER B. CASSIDY
LORI CASTRONUOVO
HENRY FERRINI
FLORENTINE FILMS
VICENTE FRANCO
TONI HAFTER
LISA HELLER
DREW HOPKINS

LING HSU
PETER JENNER
ANDY LANSET
VALERIE MARCUS
ROBBY MEEROPOL
ANNA MILLER
NORA MILLER
NAEEM MOHAIEMEN
JUDY MONTEL
JO ANN MORT
JULIA NEWMAN
ANDREW NOREN
VALERIE PFAHL

PICTURE BUSINESS
PAUL PUMPHREY
ELINA SHVACHKIN
SCOTT SINKLER
JOE SLATER
JANICE STROUT
LAURIE SWYGERT
ROLF THEORIN
SYLVIA THOMPSON
ERINN THORPE
JOHN VALADEZ
MARC WEISS
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA