Dumbadze S., Dzandzava S. Kote Mikaberidze

Author	Dumbadze S., Dzandzava S.
Title	Kote Mikaberidze
Description	This book is the first monograph dedicated to Georgian filmmaker, actor and painter Konstantine (Kote) Mikaberidze (1896–1973). His film Chemi Bebia (My Grandmother, 1929), a satire on bureaucracy, is central to the Georgian avant-garde movement and was banned for almost forty years. Mikaberidze directed seven more films in various styles, forms and aesthetics, including a short documentary, a cartoon and several feature films. He was the first film director to adapt an episode of the 12th-century Georgian epic Vepkhistqaosani (The Knight in the Panther’s Skin) that resulted in the 1936 film Kajeti. Mikaberidze’s film directing career ended in 1957 when he was sentenced to two years in prison for anti-Soviet statements and criticism of the film administration. The documentation of Mikaberidze’s arrest and conviction is available to the public for the first time in the chapter Repression 1957–1959. He also left numerous unrealised projects as detailed in the chapter Unrealised Projects 1928–1960. After examining approximately 7,000 paper documents in 14 different archives, the editors selected 76 archival manuscripts, protocols, stenographic reports, speeches, and letters, as well as nearly 300 colour and black-and-white reproductions of photos, posters, and drawings. Most of this material is published for the first time. This book also includes essays addressing Mikaberidze’s place not only in Georgian cinema but also in the context of international avant-garde film.
Year	2018
Publisher	Sa.Ga. Publishing
Pages	506
Cover	Paperback
ISBN	9789941804274

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