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Seeing Red

  • 19831983
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Seeing Red (1983)
A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
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A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
161
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Jim Klein
    • Julia Reichert
  • Stars
    • Oscar Hunter
    • Rose Podmaka
    • Sylvia Woods
  • Directors
    • Jim Klein
    • Julia Reichert
  • Stars
    • Oscar Hunter
    • Rose Podmaka
    • Sylvia Woods
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    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Oscar Hunter
    • Self - Printer
    Rose Podmaka
    • Self - Steel Mill Worker
    Sylvia Woods
    • Self - Auto Worker
    Howard 'Stretch' Johnson
    • Self - College Professor
    Bill Bailey
    • Self - Seaman and Longshoreman
    Edna Whitehouse
    • Self - Legal Secretary
    Ruth Maguire
    • Self - Program Administrator
    Stanley Postek
    • Self - Seaman
    Dorothy Ray Healey
    • Self - Party Leader
    • (as Dorothy Healey)
    Carl Hirsch
    • Self - Writer
    Pete Seeger
    Pete Seeger
    • Self - Folksinger
    Marge Frantz
    • Self - Southern Activist
    Rose Kryzak
    • Self - Actuarial Clerk
    Al Prago
    • Self - Labor Educator
    Muriel Eldridge
    • Self - Secretary
    Flo Lorenz
    • Voice over
    • (voice)
    Leon Holster
    • Voice over
    • (voice)
    • (as Leon Hollster)
    Earl Browder
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Directors
      • Jim Klein
      • Julia Reichert
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    • Alternate versions
      PBS edited 12 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
    • Connections
      Features The Triumph of the Will (1935)

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    10/10
    Brave, intelligent, integral and important part of U.S. history
    Julia and Jim have done a great historical and artistic service towards helping round out the larger story of the American political heart. This is so important for all generations to witness and learn from. The sordid fear-mongering that passes for "saving" America from all sorts of changes that threaten those in false and temporary power is indeed the shadow side of our history. This film cuts through that fog to show an important aspect of our grassroots seeking for justice, better ways of self government, working to learn from history and from those who thought and think deeply outside the lines, and does so in a very human way. So that both the ignorant and the educated, those who lived the times and those who came later, can integrate with perspective a very scary time and understand more about the tendency to follow the crowd. A fine film to show in history, government, etc. classes, starting in early high school. Should be available in every library.
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    • Feb 9, 2007

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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists
    • Production company
      • Heartland Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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