02. The Popular Front: United States/France/Spain (1930s-40s)

“Nearly all the films that emerged from the radical cinema movement in the United States were documentaries…Why has documentary been […]

SPanish Earth, end 1937 Directed by Joris Ivens Commentary by Ernest Hemingway Photography by John Ferno Music by Marc Blitzstein […]

1937 Directed by Joris Ivens Commentary by Ernest Hemingway Photography by John Ferno Music by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil […]

1937 Directed by Joris Ivens Commentary by Ernest Hemingway Photography by John Ferno Music by Marc Blitzstein and Virgil Thomson […]

“Many young documentary film makers start with the commentary on the right side and later fill in the visual part […]

“A writer’s problem does not change. He himself changes, but his problem remains the same. It is always how to […]

“I was surprised to find that many people automatically assumed that any documentary film would inevitably be objective. Perhaps the […]

And on every hand, in both the United States and England, there were demands for more ‘objectivity’. I was often […]

A clip from the Pare Lorentz documentary featuring a newly recorded soundtrack of the classic score by Virgil Thomson.

When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers, some […]