Haskell Wexler Movies

  • 2008
    A Sense of Wonder

    A Sense of Wonder

    A Sense of Wonder

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    Biography based on Rachel Carson's book, "The Silent Spring."

    A Sense of Wonder
  • 1979
    Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang

    Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang

    Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang

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    Documentary about the atomic testing done in the desert of Nevada, the health risks it posed to closely involved military personnel, and the lack of...

    Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang
  • 1971
    Wondering About Things

    Wondering About Things

    Wondering About Things

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    Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological...

    Wondering About Things
  • 2010
    Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up

    Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up

    Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up

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    This documentary chronicles half a century of hostile U.S.-Cuba relations. The film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed...

    Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up
  • 1976
    Underground

    Underground

    Underground

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    Underground is a 1976 documentary film about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought...

    Underground
  • 1983
    Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War

    Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War

    Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War

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    Traveling through villages along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, the filmmakers document the impact of the covert war against Nicaragua's Sandinista...

    Target Nicaragua: Inside a Covert War
  • 2001
    Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool

    Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool

    Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool

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    “Look out Haskell, it’s real!” details the production of Haskell Wexler‘s 1969 feature Medium Cool. It features interviews...

    Look Out Haskell, It’s Real!: The Making of Medium Cool
  • 2007
    From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

    From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

    From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

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    Marvel at the all-star musical cast of Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie, many other musicians as well as an audience of...

    From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks
  • 1965
    The Bus

    The Bus

    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...

    The Bus
  • 2015
    Rebel Citizen

    Rebel Citizen

    Rebel Citizen

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    What began as a video master class evolved into a film about the political documentaries of Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Comprised...

    Rebel Citizen
  • 1992
    Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land

    Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land

    Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land

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    A unique story of a small urban community of Native Hawaiians and the women who championed for their rights to their land against all odds.

    Papakolea: A Story of Hawaiian Land
  • 2000
    Bus Rider's Union

    Bus Rider's Union

    Bus Rider's Union

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    A 1998 editorial in Time magazine made the claim that the city of Los Angeles "might just have the most inept public-transport system on the planet...

    Bus Rider's Union
  • 1953
    The Living City

    The Living City

    The Living City

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    This short explores the early planning innovations and the subsequent mistakes that resulted in developing urban sprawl, suburbia, and gentrification...

    The Living City
  • 1971
    Brazil: A Report on Torture

    Brazil: A Report on Torture

    Brazil: A Report on Torture

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    The filmmakers spoke to ex-political prisoners who had been tortured by the military government who were at that point supported by the US government.

    Brazil: A Report on Torture
  • 1963
    Grand Central Market

    Grand Central Market

    Grand Central Market

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    This film portrays activity in Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, California. Highlighted are vendors that represent the melting pot that is...

    Grand Central Market
  • 2013
    Four Days in Chicago

    Four Days in Chicago

    Four Days in Chicago

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    Oscar-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler returns to his hometown of Chicago to document the Occupy Movement's demonstrations against the 2012 NATO...

    Four Days in Chicago
  • 1978
    War Without Winners

    War Without Winners

    War Without Winners

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    Paul Newman joins ordinary people in the US and the USSR in taking on the military-industrial complex and campaigning for nuclear-war prevention.

    War Without Winners
  • 1971
    Interviews with My Lai Veterans

    Interviews with My Lai Veterans

    Interviews with My Lai Veterans

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    Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they...

    Interviews with My Lai Veterans
  • 2005
    Bastards of the Party

    Bastards of the Party

    Bastards of the Party

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    Surrounded by death and the brutal lifestyle that feeds it, a Los Angeles gangbanger explores the history of Southern California street gangs from...

    Bastards of the Party
  • 1978
    The CIA Case Officer: John

    The CIA Case Officer: John "Bob" Stockwell

    The CIA Case Officer: John "Bob" Stockwell

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    Documentary portrait of former CIA official John Stockwell, who resigned after becoming disillusioned with the organization's activities.

    The CIA Case Officer: John