Vertov's World

Power, Nina. (2010). Film Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Summer 2010), pp. 65-69

In this article, Power reviews Dziga Vertov's film world, in particular, by taking a critical gaze on his films, A Sixth Part of the World (1926) and The Eleventh Year (1928), both of which were followed by Man with a Movie Camera (1929). Contrary to the suggestion that the title, A Six Part of the World, made, Power argued that the film is not. She focused on the use of the word "you" in this film, implying various ethnic groups of the USSR, audiences, and members of the USSR as a political totality. Throughout the film, Power noted Vertov's genuine egalitarian humanity. She put it as:

"Vertov’s presentation of the cultural diversity of the USSR in A Sixth Part of the World strives to unite the audience, who are both its subject and its intended recipient: cinema as social inclusion. This land is your land: your oil, your cotton, your flax, your machines." (p. 68)