Haskell Wexler Movies
- 2008
A Sense of Wonder
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Biography based on Rachel Carson's book, "The Silent Spring."
- 1979
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...
- 1971
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...
- 2010
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...
- 1976
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...
- 1983
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...
- 2001
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...
- 2007
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...
- 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...
- 2015
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...
- 1992
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.
- 2000
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...
- 1953
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...
- 1971
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.
- 1963
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...
- 2013
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...
- 1978
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.
- 1971
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...
- 2005
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...
- 1978
The CIA Case Officer: John "Bob" Stockwell
The CIA Case Officer: John "Bob" Stockwell01978HD
Documentary portrait of former CIA official John Stockwell, who resigned after becoming disillusioned with the organization's activities.