Wandering Marxwards

Jan 1, 1999

0h 19m

★ 0.0

Overview

A political and poetic wondering/wandering about the relevance and context of re-reading Marx 150 years after the publication of The Communist Manifesto

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

The Banff Center for the Arts

Wandering Marxwards Trailers

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Cast

Himself

Michael Blum

Themself

David Thorne

Herself

Penelope Buitenhuis

Themself

Nurit Melamed

Themself

Jeff Derksen

Themself

Sabine Bitter

Themself

Santjit Sethi

Themself

Laurens Tan

Themself

Wilhelm Shmidt

Himself (voice)

Michael Blum

Themself (voice)

Margarita Paksa

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Himself

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Themself

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Herself

Penelope Buitenhuis

Themself

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Themself

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Himself (voice)

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Themself (voice)

Wandering Marxwards

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Wandering Marxwards Trailers

Cast

Michael Blum

David Thorne

Penelope Buitenhuis

Nurit Melamed

Jeff Derksen

Sabine Bitter

Santjit Sethi

Laurens Tan

Wilhelm Shmidt

Michael Blum

Margarita Paksa

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Wandering Marxwards Trailers

Cast

Michael Blum

David Thorne

Penelope Buitenhuis

Nurit Melamed

Jeff Derksen

Sabine Bitter

Santjit Sethi

Laurens Tan

Wilhelm Shmidt

Michael Blum

Margarita Paksa

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Microcosmos

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I, Claude Monet

Farther and Sun: A Dyslexic Road Trip

Cosmic Voyage

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Incident at Oglala

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Heart

Popsong

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

You Can't Do That on Film

Neil Young: Don't Be Denied

Blue Planet

It Came from Hollywood