Joris Ivens (1898 - 1989)

Joris Ivens (1898 Nijmegen -1989 Parijs) made more then 80 films and filmed between 1912 and 1988 in over 20 countries. His life and work provide a unique insight in the turbulent 20th century, exploring the world with his camera in an era in which new means of communciation and transportation like film, radio, TV, trains, cars and planes made the world visible and within reach, while world wars, global migration, revolutions and world trade made people share their fate. The era of Ivens was the age of film, telegram, typewriter and air plane, the...