The Bolsheviks were founded by Alexander Bogdanov and Vladimir Lenin and they took over power in Russia in 1917. They understood the power the film industry possesses as they started that the cinema was the. most important of all arts.
In 1919, the film industry was nationalized by the Bolsheviks nationalized whereby the control on film production was given to the People's Commissariat for Education, telling them use the cinema as a way of promoting Communist cause at home.
The enlightenment thinkers contributed to changes in relationships between citizens and their government through their belief of governments are instituted to protect citizens rights.
