''Red Hollywood'' is a 1996 American

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ists

Thom Andersen Thom Andersen (born 1943 in Chicago) is an American filmmaker, film critic, and teacher best known for his works of experimental film, including his 1975 film '' Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer'' and the 2003 essay film '' Los Angeles Plays It ...

and

Noël Burch Noël Burch (born 1932) is an American film theorist and movie maker who moved to France at a young age. Burch is known for his contribution to terms commonly used by film scholars (such as institutional mode of representation (IMR)) and for hi ...

about the films made by the blacklisted writers and directors during the 1930s-1950s.

Summary

Narrated by

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filmmaker Billy Woodberry, the essay (originated by Andersen in 1985 before being expanded in book form by Bruch) is a revisionist history of the left-leaning filmmakers that were responsible for Hollywood's portraits of the

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of the 20th Century drawing from 53 features. Interviewed were some of

The Hollywood Ten ''The Hollywood Ten'' is a 1950 American short documentary film. Shot in 16mm with a runtime of 15 minutes, it was created quickly to raise public awareness and legal funds for the ten screenwriters and directors who comprised the "Hollywood Te ...

including

Abraham Polonsky Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for '' Body and Soul'' (1947). The following ...

and Ring Lardner, Jr. alongside fellow blacklisted artists

Paul Jarrico Paul Jarrico (12 January 1915 – 28 October 1997) was an Oscar-nominated American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the era of McCarthyism. Biography Early years Paul Jarrico was born Israel Payssah Shapiro ...

and Alfred Levitt.

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''Red Hollywood'' received a 75% rating on

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External links

Official trailer''Red Hollywood'' at IMDb
1996 documentary films Films directed by Thom Andersen Essays about film American documentary films English-language documentary films Films about screenwriters Films about the Hollywood blacklist 1990s American films 1996 films Documentary films about the film industry

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