Georgian Documentary Cinema and Rezo tabukashvili’s Trilogy: ,,The Trail is Clear”; ,,Georgia’s Potter”; ,,Closeness of Distance’

Abstract

At all times, reality surpasses all imagination - by stretching human thought, reaching depths, emotionality, aesthetic appeal and even harsh reality. No fantasy can excite and make the public think like documentary reality. That is why documentary art needs special appreciation. The main principle position of documentary cinema should be to portray reality with naturalistic infallibility and not to embellish it with ideologies.Whether an artist, a documentary film author or a representative of another field - he must be the first to see the problem, attend to others and sound the alarm. The biggest harm to society is indifference and nihilism, which art has the leverage to prevent. In art, quantity means nothing, quality means everything.

The purpose of this paper is to show the stages of development of Georgian documentary cinema and trilogy of Rezo Tabukashvili's - "The Trail is Clear”, "Georgia's Potter" and "Closeness of Distants”. Methodological foundations together with the analysis of historical research are represented by the methods of content analysis and comparative analysis. The main results of the research revealed that the influence of Georgian documentary cinema on the Georgian reality of the 20th century is undoubtedly great, and also, documentary cinema is considered a precursor to the formation of national cinematography. As a conclusion in the paper, we present recommendations regarding the problem of linearity and diversity of topics in Georgian documentary cinema.