The Showman And The Ukrainian Cause
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The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause
Author | : Orest T. Martynowych |
Publisher | : Univ. of Manitoba Press |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2014-09-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0887554725 |
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A quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine’s struggle for independence to North American audiences. From his base in New York City, he built a network of folk dance schools and produced musical spectacles to help Ukrainian immigrants sustain their identity. His feature-length Ukrainian language films made in the 1930s with Hollywood director Edgar G. Ulmer, the “king of ethnic and B movies,” were shown throughout North America. Orest T. Martynowych’s The Showman and the Ukrainian Cause is a fascinating portrait how culture can become a political tool in a diaspora community.