Haskell Wexler Movies

  • 2005
    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire

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    A Biography of George Lucas.

    George Lucas: Creating an Empire
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2007
    Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

    Battle in Seattle

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    Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although...

    Battle in Seattle
  • 1960
    The Savage Eye

    The Savage Eye

    The Savage Eye

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    Resentful after an ugly divorce from her unfaithful husband, Judith McGuire moves to Los Angeles. Adrift and detached, she spends her days and nights...

    The Savage Eye
  • 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
  • 1961
    Angel Baby

    Angel Baby

    Angel Baby

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    A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural...

    Angel Baby
  • 1996
    Mexico

    Mexico

    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...

    Mexico
  • 1960
    Five Bold Women

    Five Bold Women

    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...

    Five Bold Women
  • 2009
    In the Name of Democracy

    In the Name of Democracy

    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....

    In the Name of Democracy
  • 2005
    The Big Empty

    The Big Empty

    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...

    The Big Empty
  • 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
  • 2004
    Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

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    The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a...

    Tell Them Who You Are
  • 2005
    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool

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    Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.

    Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
  • 2013
    Medium Cool Revisited

    Medium Cool Revisited

    Medium Cool Revisited

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    Haskell Wexler revisits the themes of his previous work "Medium Cool" on the occasion of the Occupy demonstrations in Chicago in 2012.

    Medium Cool Revisited
  • 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
  • 1991
    Other People's Money

    Other People's Money

    Other People's Money

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    When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's...

    Other People's Money
  • 2016
    To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine

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

    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...

    To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine
  • 1989
    Three Fugitives

    Three Fugitives

    Three Fugitives

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    On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has...

    Three Fugitives
  • 2006
    Who Needs Sleep?

    Who Needs Sleep?

    Who Needs Sleep?

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    A documentary that highlights the deadly combination of sleep deprivation and long days of work, focusing on the American film industry.

    Who Needs Sleep?