Vlada Petrić (1928 – 2019) was an eminent film theorist, the Henry Luce Chair in Cinema at Harvard University, and the co-founder and curator of the Harvard Film Archive. He was the first recipient of a PhD in film studies in the United States. Throughout his creative career in Europe and in the United States, Petrić directed for film, television and theater, focusing on producing and directing experimental video essays later in his life.
Artist site –> https://harvardfilmarchive.org/collections/vlada-petric-collection
Emily Dickinson: Three B’s, 2024, 51 min, digital video
– A video essay that explores the life and work of the celebrated poet Emiliy Dickinson. Petrić completed the final edit only a few months before his death in November 2019. Additional post-production work was completed by Kinopravda Institute in 2022-23.
Symphony of Hands, 2007, 10 min, digital video
– A polyphonic montage of images of hands throughout the history of art. Inspired by and dedicated to Slavko Vorkapich, the original maestro of film montage.
Unmerciful Angel, 2006, 10 min, digital video
– A response to the NATO bombardment during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s.