The
Dziga Vertov Group was formed in 1968 by politically active filmmakers including
Jean-Luc Godard and
Jean-Pierre Gorin. Their films are defined primarily for
Brechtian forms,
Marxist ideology, and a lack of personal authorship. The group, named after 1920s-'30s
Soviet filmmaker
Dziga Vertov (1896-1954), was dissolved soon after the completion of 1972's
Letter to Jane.