Jay Leyda

Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday party, goes to see a doctor, plans a vacation, argues a lot and even breaks the fourth wall.

"Eisenstein journeyed to Mexico in late 1930 to begin shooting a film. With backing provided by Upton and Mary Craig Sinclair, the great Soviet auteur planned to make an epoch-spanning pageant of Mexico’s political history and cultural iconography, moving from the pre-Columbian era through colonization and, finally, revolution ... with the project running over budget the film was shut down. Sinclair eventually deposited the film materials at MoMA in 1953, at which point the scholar Jay Leyda assembled and annotated the shots, ordering them according to the filmmaker’s plans and presenting the images just as they had been shot, unedited ... here one is given the opportunity to attend to Eisenstein in an entirely different way, and aspects that might otherwise be overshadowed come to the fore: the way he works with nonprofessional actors, for example, or the striking mise-en-scène." - MoMA

"Eisenstein journeyed to Mexico in late 1930 to begin shooting a film. With backing provided by Upton and Mary Craig Sinclair, the great Soviet auteur planned to make an epoch-spanning pageant of Mexico’s political history and cultural iconography, moving from the pre-Columbian era through colonization and, finally, revolution ... with the project running over budget the film was shut down. Sinclair eventually deposited the film materials at MoMA in 1953, at which point the scholar Jay Leyda assembled and annotated the shots, ordering them according to the filmmaker’s plans and presenting the images just as they had been shot, unedited ... here one is given the opportunity to attend to Eisenstein in an entirely different way, and aspects that might otherwise be overshadowed come to the fore: the way he works with nonprofessional actors, for example, or the striking mise-en-scène." - MoMA

Short subject commissioned by the National Youth Association to show their efforts at providing job training for unemployed poor youth.

The film takes place in rural Tennessee, where communities have experienced economic and environmental devastation created by the coal mining industry. The introduction of the Highlander Folk School in 1931 by educator Myles Horton and the movement to bring labor union representation to the region are shown as means of empowering the population. Efforts are made to stop the union activities with the murder of a local organizer, but eventually the union movement is able to take root with the local workforce.

Arrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical neighborhood activities are shown, along with scenes from many local businesses.

1905년, 제정 러시아 시대. 전함 포템킨의 수병들은 장교들의 학대와 열약한 근무 조건에 불만을 가지게 된다. 썩은 고기를 식량으로 사용한 사실은 그들의 반란의 기폭제로 작용한다. 수병을 없애버리라는 장교의 명령에 포병들은 거역하고 수병과 포병은 힘을 합쳐 동지가 된다. 전함을 완전히 장악한 이들은 승리감에 젖어 흑해 오뎃사 항구로 향하고 이 소식을 전해들은 시민들은 수병들을 환영하러 부두로 나온다. 한편 짜르의 명령을 받은 정예 코자크 군대가 출동하여 그들에 반항하는 시민들에게 무차별 공격을 가한다. 전함 포템킨에 탄 수병들을 환영하려 했던 시민들은 갑작스런 군대에 의해 피를 흘리며 쓰러져 간다. 수 많은 희생자가 나지만, 분노한 시민들은 수병들과 합세하여 봉기, 짜르의 군대와 싸우며 혁명의 대열에 서는데...