Movies: Haskell Wexler
- 1996
Mexico (1996)
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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...
- 1980
No Nukes (1980)
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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...
- 1960
Studs Lonigan (1960)
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A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago....
- 2004
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River (2004)
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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....
- 2005
George Lucas: Creating an Empire (2005)
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A Biography of George Lucas....
- 1992
Visions of Light (1992)
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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...
- 1961
The Hoodlum Priest (1961)
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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...
- 2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
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A look at the extraordinary achievements and contemporary legacy of Oscar Micheaux, a pioneer of the African-American film industry....
- 1960
Five Bold Women (1960)
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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...
- 2009
In the Name of Democracy (2009)
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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....
- 1965
The Bus (1965)
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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...
- 2007
The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007)
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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...
- 2015
Notfilm (2015)
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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...
- 2016
To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine (2016)
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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....
- 2005
The Big Empty (2005)
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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 ...
- 1998
The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998)
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Documentary that features many interviews and other footage of the cast and crew for the film American Graffiti (1973)...
- 2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)
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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...
- 1981
Second-Hand Hearts (1981)
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A boozy drifter tries to get to know the widow he married while on a bender....
- 1958
Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
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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....
- 1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
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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....