Film Workshops as Polyvocal Public Spheres: Minor Cinemas in Sweden
Film workshop culture is a neglected phenomenon in film history and research.This essay arguments that the film workshops that flourished in the 1960s, 70s and the 80s, often constituted public spheres in the sense of Habermas, Negt and Kluge. Focusing on the Swedish Film Workshop, Filmverkstan (1973-2001), the essay shows that films at the workshops were made because they were in resonance with t