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Red Hollywood (1996)

Red Hollywood poster
Directed by
Thom Andersen, Noël Burch
Genre
documentary, history
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines films created by Hollywood writers and directors who were blacklisted during the mid-20th century. It analyzes how political repression shaped the content and themes of their work from the 1930s through the 1950s.

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What happens

Red Hollywood 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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