P/MD/29. The place of Third Cinema in world film culture

The paper presents a review of the so-called Third Cinema film industry that emerged after the Second World War and focused on the promotion of socialist ideas. It is commonly associated with the countries of the Third World, e.g. Brazil (Cinema Novo), India, Algeria, etc. The First Cinema, according to the review, is associated with Hollywood-style films; the Second Cinema stands for politically charged European films. The paper refers to a number of most relevant Third Cinema films, such as Barren Lives (1963), The Hour of The Furnaces (1968), The Battle of Algiers (1960) and others.