HEIDE SOLBRIG; INDUS-
TRIAL FILM RESEARCH; DOCUMENTARY FILMS; MEDIA PEDAGOGY.

Heide Solbrig is assistant professor in The Media and Culture program in the English and Media Studies department at Bentley University where she teaches and works in dual areas of scholarship and media production. Her work as documentary producer and media scholar each address similar questions about discourses of work and self within the larger social and political conditions of modern capitalism. Her current documentary, The Work and Vision of Henry Strauss (2010) tells the story of Henry Strauss, an industrial film producer who lived through the Great Depression and WWII and how his experiences intersected with debates about post-war labor/management relations and the construction of the American middle-class. This film illustrates through interview, voice-over and historical footage how the life and films of Henry Strauss contributed to the production of a post-war middle-class in the United States. The film reflects Solbrig's scholarly research into the history and development of the industrial film genre but also her interest in telling personal stories about the complex experience of liberalism and modern capitalism.