Red Hollywood
1996 American documentary film
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Red Hollywood[1] is a 1996 American documentary film by film essayists Thom Andersen and Noël Burch about the films made by the blacklisted writers and directors during the 1930s-1950s.[2][3][4]
Summary
Narrated by African-American 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 social issues of the 20th Century drawing from 53 features.[5][6][7][8]
Interviewed were some of The Hollywood Ten including Abraham Polonsky and Ring Lardner, Jr. alongside fellow blacklisted artists Paul Jarrico and Alfred Levitt.[9][10][11]
Reception
Red Hollywood received a 75% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[12]
See also
- Social realism
- Film gris
- Mcarthyism
- Message picture
- Los Angeles Plays Itself - 2003 video essay by Andersen
- What Do Those Old Films Mean? - 1985 documentary miniseries by Bruch about silent films in social contact
- United States in the 1950s