Directed by Emile de Antonio • 1964 • United States
This groundbreaking political documentary distills 188 hours of televised footage from the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings into a compelling narrative that reveals the aggressive tactics employed by senator Joseph McCarthy in his paranoid investigations into supposed Communist infiltration of the American government. The film presents the proceedings without narration or added commentary, allowing the raw footage to speak for itself. The result is an unfiltered look at McCarthy’s confrontations with Army counsel Joseph Welch—including the pivotal moment when Welch famously questioned McCarthy’s decency—and a vivid window into a critical moment in American history.
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Directed by Emile de Antonio • 1972 • United States
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Rush to Judgment
Directed by Emile de Antonio • 1967 • United States
This bombshell documentary presents a simple, concise legal argument that the Warren Commission was hiding something and that Lee Harvey Oswald could not have single-handedly killed President John F. Kennedy. Director Emile de Antonio and lawye...
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Millhouse
Directed by Emile de Antonio • 1971 • United States
Emile de Antonio’s portrait of Richard Nixon deconstructs the controversial American president without editorializing, instead deploying archival footage—newsreels, speeches, interviews—to paint a damning picture of the man via his own words. S...
