This book examines the interface between Polish popular music and screen media against the background of Polish history, cinema, and popular culture and situates that interface in a local as well as global context.

Introduction.- Part 1: Musicals.- Chapter 1 - Interwar musicals.- Chapter 2 - Musicals of state socialist period.- Chapter 3 - Postcommunist musicals.- Part 2: Music Documentaries.- Chapter 4 - Documenting the history of Polish popular music.- Chapter 5 - Documenting life and work of popular music stars.- Part 3: Biopics.- Chapter 6 - Cinematic biopics.- Chapter 7 - Television series about popular music stars.- Part 4: Music Videos.- Chapter 8 - ‘Music videos before music videos’.- Chapter 9 - Music videos of the 1980s.- Chapter 10 - Music videos in postcommunist Poland. 

​“After years of studying various aspects of both film theory and Polish popular music, Ewa Mazierska presents a comprehensive book on Polish audiovisual culture, focusing on detailed relations between music and moving images. As a first work that fully covers this area, Mazierska’s book is crucial not only for readers interested in the socio-cultural history of film and music in Poland, but also for everyone who finds postcolonial studies of Eastern Europe interesting.” (Dr Mariusz Gradowski, Institute of Musicology, University of Warsaw)“Insightful, informative, clearly written and thoroughly engaging, Mazierska’s book explores Polish musicals, biopics, music documentaries and music videos bringing to light a fascinating history unknown to non-natives, and under-researched in Poland. While explicitly national in its focus, the observations and points of analysis introduced call for further studies and comparative approaches of popular cinemas and music in other Europeanand World contexts. Thoroughly recommended both for its illuminating breadth and depth, and for the invitation to comparisons that it inspires. ” (Dr Lydia Papadimitriou, Reader in Film Studies, Liverpool John Moores University)

Examines the history of Polish popular music on screen from the 1930s to the present day Covers all major genres showing popular music: musicals, biographical films, documentaries and music videos Engages with the history of popular music and cinema at large, arguing for granting Polish screen media a more prominent place in this history

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