Devils, Crows, Women

Dorota Kçdzierzawska, who directed only three full-length films, is regarded as one of the most original post-communist Polish filmmakers. All of Kçdzierzawska’s films: Diabty, diably(Devils, Devils, 1991), Wrony(The Crows, 1994) and Nic(Nothing, 1998) are discussed here in chronological order. The paper asks why her œuvreoccupies the margins of Polish national cinema. The author also analyses Kçdzierzawska’s choice of characters (ethnic minorities, children and single mothers) and the postmodern style of her work, which is marked by fragmented narratives and visual stylization. Kçdzierzawska’s attitude toward feminism and women’s cinema is also examined. Postmodernism and feminism provide the main theoretical framework of the discussion

Art · Feminism · Literature · Movie theater · Narrative · Nothing · Postmodernism · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies