Haskell Wexler
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Documentary Director Pamela Yates met master cinematographer Haskell Wexler in Nicaragua in 1984 on the set of Wexler's film Latino, about U.S. intervention aimed at crushing the Sandinista revolution. He became Pamela's mentor and life-long friend and together they've explored what it means to be a committed documentary filmmaker. When Haskell asked Pamela to represent him this year at the Cinéma du Réel festival in Paris, which held a week-long...
2) Underground
Publisher
Films We Like
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Portrays the life of the Weather UNDERGROUND Organization, which was near the top of the FBI’s Most Wanted list in the 1970s. The film juxtaposes interviews with the UNDERGROUND collective with footage of the radical political movements of the time.
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (86 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond escaped from Hungary in 1956 and immigrated to the United States to toil in the underbelly of Hollywood. Suddenly, after ten years, Laszlo’s camera broke the rules of cinema with *Easy Rider* and Vilmos poured “poetic realism” into *McCabe & Mrs. Miller*, ushering a new wave of American cinema. Combined with interviews from some of Hollywood's biggest names including: Sandra Bullock, Peter Fonda, Denis Hopper...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (146 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the grim backdrop of depression America, this film joyously celebrates the life of Woody Guthrie, America's great folk balladeer and poet. In 1936 he leaves Texas and heads to California looking for work. He meets hobos, migrant workers and people down on their luck, and begins his career as a folk singer.
Publisher
Thinkfilm, LLC
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : digital, color , black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mark Wexler uses a blend of biography and autobiography centers on his relationship with his father, legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler. Film includes interviews with George Lucas, Julia Roberts, Jane Fonda, Ron Howard and more.
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack--the Warner brothers--turned a storefront that used a sheet for a screen into a dream factory rooted in the credo of educate, entertain and enlighten. In this fascinating documentary, filmmaker (and Harry's granddaughter) Cass Warner Sperling tells a story of sibling rivalry, social conscience, and the silver screen."--Container.
8) Matewan
Publisher
Seville Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A labor leader seeking to organize the workers of a company town sets off a powder keg of racial hostility, corruption and betrayal in this tale of the bitter clash between unionist miners and the tyrannical coal company owners in West Virginia in the 1920s.
9) Hal
Author
Language
English
Description
Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s, but is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from his generation. Amy Scott's exuberant portrait explores that curious oversight.