Swedish Feature Films and Swedish Society

Abstract

DR. JIRI KOLAJA was educated in Czechoslovakia at Charles University in Prague and at Masaryk University where he wrote his doctoral dissertation on "Sociological and Psychological Problems of the Film." In his native country he worked with various film groups, especially with the short film production unit FAB in Zlin. Coming to the United States via Sweden, he was a graduate student in sociology and communication at the University of Chicago. At present he is teaching the history and theory of motion pictures at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology.