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From 1936 to 1945 Ivens lived in the United States and made anti-fascist? and other propaganda films (including the propaganda piece for the Spanish loyalists The Spanish Earth, narrated by Ernest Hemingway). With the rise of McCarthyism?, Ivens (long a vocal communist) left the United States. In 1946, commissioned to make a Dutch film about Indonesian "independence," Ivens resigned out of protest of what he considered ongoing imperialism. After the confiscation of Ivens' Dutch passport, Ivens stayed in Eastern Europe and completed the film on his own funds. From 1965 to 1970 Ivens filmed a documentary on the United States' involvement in Vietnam; from 1971 to 1977 he filmed "How Yukong Moved the Mountain,'' a 763 minute documentary about China. Ivens was knighted by the Dutch government in 1989 on June 28; he died that same year. |
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From 1936 to 1945 Ivens lived in the United States and made anti-fascist and other propaganda films (including the propaganda piece for the Spanish loyalists The Spanish Earth, narrated by Ernest Hemingway). With the rise of McCarthyism?, Ivens (long a vocal communist) left the United States. In 1946, commissioned to make a Dutch film about Indonesian "independence," Ivens resigned out of protest of what he considered ongoing imperialism. After the confiscation of Ivens' Dutch passport, Ivens stayed in Eastern Europe and completed the film on his own funds. From 1965 to 1970 Ivens filmed a documentary on the United States' involvement in Vietnam; from 1971 to 1977 he filmed How Yukong Moved the Mountain, a 763 minute documentary about China. Ivens was knighted by the Dutch government in 1989; he died on June 28 that same year. [European Foundation Joris Ivens] |
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