Lecture
Guest lecture: Matsumoto Toshio’s Theory of the Antifascist Avant-Doc
- Date
- Monday 16 June 2025
- Time
- Location
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Lipsius
Cleveringaplaats 1
2311 BD Leiden - Room
- 1.21
This lecture analyzes the film and philosophy of Matsumoto Toshio, avant-garde documentary filmmaker best known for the queer, kaleidoscopic Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) and a series of “neo-documentary” films from the early-mid 1960s. Specifically, it looks at his work through the overarching lens of antifascism. Dr. Julia Alekseyeva argues that his writings describe avant-garde documentary as a privileged art form, uniquely capable of battling against everyday fascist ideology-- both fascism in the streets, and in our mindset and everyday behavior.
This talk will be moderated by Dr Julian Ross (EYE Filmmuseum Amsterdam).
Julia Alekseyeva (Ph.D. Harvard University, 2017) is an Assistant Professor of English and Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She recently published Antifascism and the Avant-Garde: Radical Documentary in the 1960s (2025).