A Grin Without a Cat

Chris Marker's epic film-essay on the worldwide political wars of the 60’s and 70’s travels through Vietnam, Bolivia, May ‘68, Prague, Chile, and the fate of the New Left. A sui generis cinema poet and prolific film essayist, Chris created incendiary collages of moving images, disparate sounds, photography, and text. His catalog of the rise and fall of leftist revolutions—which he calls “scenes from the Third World War”—is a visually intoxicating tour-de-force. Combining collage and commentary, this critical evaluation of the New Left is an immersive, polyphonic chronicle of historical struggle that remains as urgent as ever.