Haskell Wexler Movies

A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.

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...

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...

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...

Marvel at the all-star musical cast of Jackson Browne, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Sarah Lee Guthrie, many other musicians as well as an audience of...

Biography based on Rachel Carson's book, "The Silent Spring."

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...

Set design has been one of the most overlooked jobs in film, receiving little critical attention until recently. In this Oscar-nominated documentary...

“Look out Haskell, it’s real!” details the production of Haskell Wexler‘s 1969 feature Medium Cool. It features interviews...

Documentary portrait of former CIA official John Stockwell, who resigned after becoming disillusioned with the organization's activities.

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.

Bringing King to China is a father's "love letter" to his adult daughter, a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream...

The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years. In August of 1963, groups from all...

T Is for Tumbleweed is a 1958 English-language short film directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen, starring Anne Lockhart. It features some tumbleweed that...

Traveling through villages along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, the filmmakers document the impact of the covert war against Nicaragua's Sandinista...

Documentary about the Jamaican presidential campaign of Michael Manley

A 1998 editorial in Time magazine made the claim that the city of Los Angeles "might just have the most inept public-transport system on the planet...

The adventures of a young boy who runs away from an orphanage on a search to find his father.

Journalist Kevin McKiernan's powerful film takes a close look at the Kurds, compelling and controversial subjects whose identities seem to shift...

A unique story of a small urban community of Native Hawaiians and the women who championed for their rights to their land against all odds.