Pool Group

The Pool Group were a trio of filmmakers and poets consisting of H.D., Kenneth Macpherson, and Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman).[1] Their work has been studied by poetry and film historians as well as by scholars of mysticism, feminism and psychoanalysis. The group produced four films[1] of which Borderline is perhaps its best known, featuring the African American activist and entertainer Paul Robeson in the lead role. They also published a progressive and opinionated film journal called Close Up.[1] The Pool Group were virtually forgotten for more than half a century after they broke up in the mid-1930s until the early 1980s when they were rediscovered by historians of 20th century arts and cinema.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Walton, Jean (1997). ""Nightmare of the Uncoordinated White-Folk": Race, Psychoanalysis, and Borderline". Discourse. 19 (2): 88–109. ISSN 1522-5321.
  2. ^ Marlowe, Albert. "[1]". The Rediscovery of Pool. Retrieved on February 14, 2009.