Movies: Haskell Wexler

  • 1996
    Mexico

    Mexico (1996)

    Mexico

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    Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, viewers are lead on a visual journey through this country's rich and varied past and present. Stunning images and a dramatic musical score by Daniel Valdez create a v...

    Mexico
  • 1980
    No Nukes

    No Nukes (1980)

    No Nukes

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    Filmed account of the five MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) concerts at Madison Square Garden and an outdoor rally at Battery Park in New York protesting the dangers of nuclear power. Performers include Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Carly...

    No Nukes
  • 1960
    Studs Lonigan

    Studs Lonigan (1960)

    Studs Lonigan

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    A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago....

    Studs Lonigan
  • 2004
    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (2004)

    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

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    A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's famous river as a location, directors are placed in a variety of boats and share stories of how Chicago has influenced their careers....

    Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
  • 2005
    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

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    A Biography of George Lucas....

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire
  • 1992
    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light (1992)

    Visions of Light

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    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to loo...

    Visions of Light
  • 1961
    The Hoodlum Priest

    The Hoodlum Priest (1961)

    The Hoodlum Priest

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    Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that fears and rejects them. An especially wrenching case for the Re...

    The Hoodlum Priest
  • 2021
    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

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    A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry....

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
  • 1960
    Five Bold Women

    Five Bold Women (1960)

    Five Bold Women

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    Marshal Kirk Reed is escorting five female prisoners---killers all--- from one part of Texas to another part of Texas where a new prison has been built. Along the way he has to deal with dissension among the troops, attacks by the Comanches, a buddin...

    Five Bold Women
  • 2009
    In the Name of Democracy

    In the Name of Democracy (2009)

    In the Name of Democracy

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    The first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attempts to clarify the issues that prompted Lt. Watada to choose the course he did in order to protest an immoral and, to him, unconstitutional war....

    In the Name of Democracy
  • 1965
    The Bus

    The Bus (1965)

    The Bus

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    The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years. In August of 1963, groups from all over the country journeyed to Washington D.C. for a massive demonstration, and this film is a fascin...

    The Bus
  • 2007
    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007)

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo

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    Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s. Director Axel Schill's documentary explores Alonzo's work on key films of that era and beyond. Clip...

    The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo
  • 2015
    Notfilm

    Notfilm (2015)

    Notfilm

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    NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications -- utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production mee...

    Notfilm
  • 2016
    To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine

    To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine (2016)

    To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine

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    This is the story of one of the most extraordinary men in history, who ignited the American Revolution, defined the French and championed the use of Reason, all with his pen....

    To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine
  • 2005
    The Big Empty

    The Big Empty (2005)

    The Big Empty

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    The Big Empty is a 2005 short film starring Selma Blair about a woman with an unusual condition that baffles scientists and laymen alike. It was written, directed and produced by Lisa Chang and Newton Thomas Sigel. It is based on the short story The ...

    The Big Empty
  • 1998
    The Making of 'American Graffiti'

    The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998)

    The Making of 'American Graffiti'

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    Documentary that features many interviews and other footage of the cast and crew for the film American Graffiti (1973)...

    The Making of 'American Graffiti'
  • 2009
    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

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    The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. As refugees they struggle in Hollywood, final...

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
  • 1981
    Second-Hand Hearts

    Second-Hand Hearts (1981)

    Second-Hand Hearts

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    A boozy drifter tries to get to know the widow he married while on a bender....

    Second-Hand Hearts
  • 1958
    Stakeout on Dope Street

    Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)

    Stakeout on Dope Street

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    Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust....

    Stakeout on Dope Street
  • 1982
    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

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    Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire....

    Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip