Directed by Robert Drew and Richard Leacock • 1961 • United States
In this Drew Associates classic, Richard Leacock photographs the first week of school integration in November 1960 in New Orleans. As black students enter their new schools under the escort of U.S. Marshals, their classmates’ white parents stage violent demonstrations. Bearing witness to a critical moment in Civil Rights history, THE CHILDREN WERE WATCHING contemplates the way in which prejudice is passed on from generation to generation. Please be advised that this film includes intensely racist language.
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Crisis
Directed by Robert Drew • 1963 • United States
CRISIS: BEHIND A PRESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT provided filmmaker Robert Drew, his crew and his audience the rare opportunity to watch a President of the United States deal with a national crisis. In this case, the crisis of the title was the attempted in...
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The Organizer
Directed by Mario Monicelli • 1963 • France, Yugoslavia, Italy
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie GirardotIn turn-of-the-twentieth-century Turin, an accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout. But it’s not until they receive unexpected aid from a travel...
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Women of the Resistance
Directed by Liliana Cavani • 1965 • Italy
Made for Italian television, this powerful documentary by iconoclastic auteur Liliana Cavani profiles a number of women who participated in the Italian Resistance and survived the German invasion of Italy during World War II. Cited by Cavani as the inspi...
