Episode Details

On this episode of Cinema Then, Cinema Now, Professor Jerry Carlson (College of Staten Island) sits down with scholar Jay Leyda (New York University) and Virginia Brooks (Brooklyn College) to discuss the Sergei Eisenstein film, Alexander Nevsky (Soviet Union, 1938). Leyda also talks about his time studying filmmaking with Eisenstein and translating the director's writings. Recorded on March 17th, 1986 at the Borough of Manhattan Community College Media Center.

This program was digitized in 2021 as part of ""Uncovering CUNY's Audiovisual Heritage,"" a preservation project funded by Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).