Directed by William Klein • 1969 • France
William Klein moved into more blatantly political territory with this hilarious, vicious Vietnam-era lampoon of imperialist American foreign policy. Mr. Freedom (John Abbey), a bellowing good-ol'-boy superhero decked out in copious football padding, jets to France to cut off a Commie invasion from Switzerland. A destructive, arrogant patriot in tight pants, Freedom joins forces with Marie Madeleine (a satirically sexy Delphine Seyrig) to combat lefty freethinkers, as well as the insidious evildoers Moujik Man and inflatable Red China Man, culminating in a star-spangled showdown of kitschy excess. Delightfully crass, Mr. Freedom is a trenchant, rib-tickling takedown of gaudy modern Americana.
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Directed by William Klein • 1974 • France
Starring Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston, George ForemanA remarkable chronicle of some of the defining cultural moments of the twentieth century, William Klein’s up-close portrait of Muhammad Ali is an indispensable record of the icon in his electrifying pri...
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Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
Directed by William Klein • 1970 • United States
William Klein’s candid portrait of leading Black Panther figure Eldridge Cleaver catches up with the charismatic, controversial, and outspoken revolutionary during his exile in Algeria, where he—along with his wife, fellow Black Power activist Kat...
