Hope Is of a Different Color: From the Global South to the Lodz Film School

The history of film students from the Global South who studied in Poland during the Cold War.

As Poland’s second-largest city, Łódź was a hub for international students who studied in Poland from the mid-1960s to 1989. The Łódź Film School, a member of CILECT since 1955, was a favored destination, with students from Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East accounting for one-third of its international student body. Despite the school’s international reputation, the experience of its film...