Refocus: The Films of Agnieszka Holland (Refocu. Ostrowska, Ostrowska,**

Edinburgh University Press

ReFocus: The Films of Agnieszka HollandAuthor(s): Elzbieta Ostrowska\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399514682, 978-1399514682\nSynopsis\nThe Films of Agnieszka Holland is the first monograph devoted to the internationally most famous Polish filmmaker, a three times Oscar nominee and the recipient of numerous film festival prizes. It examines her rich, original oeuvre, which ranges from Holocaust dramas such as Europa, Europa [tel] to episodes of the HBO series The Wire. In examining the multifaceted nature of Hollands authorship, the study situates her work in the context of art, popular, national, European, Hollywood, transnational, womens, and queer cinema, as well as global television projects. Her colourful public persona oscillates among auteur, celebrity director, and political activist in an extraordinary professional trajectory, which started in the Eastern Bloc, continued in Western.