Barbara Kopple’s films Harlan County USA and American Dream captured labor struggle as it was happening: on picket lines, inside unions, and under pressure. Decades later, both remain some of the finest labor documentaries ever made.
Ken Burns’s new three-part documentary shows why it’s not too late for us to learn from the great naturalist
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For two decades, Alexandra Pelosi, Nancy’s daughter, has made award-winning, godawful films about America’s political class. Pelosi in the House, a dull documentary about her mother and January 6, proves she is the auteur the liberal establishment deserves.
Her films include three Academy Award nominees: "Union Maids," "Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists" (with Jim Klein) and "The Last Truck: Closing of A GM Plant" (with Steven Bognar).
"Fuck the Election. Let's Get Right to the Violence." 'Hillbilly Elegy' Republican J.D. Vance Exposed. Ladykiller | Official Trailer. 'Putin Is a Fool': Russian Soldiers Phoning Home. How Climate Change Makes Hurricanes Worse.
The documentary filmmakers who followed Roger Stone for three years share some of the footage revealing how the 'stop the steal' campaign would work months before the election.
Films from Tantura to Descendant challenge the powerful. But it’s still up to us to witness the truth. The past can’t be changed. But if we won’t tell the truth about it, we can’t learn from it. We can’t even understand ourselves.
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