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As you can gather from the title, here's the place to find more info about notable films and filmmakers that strike my fancy...and may well strike yours, too.
MICHAEL ROGOSIN FILMING FOR 'WORKING TOGETHER” A white worker describes his struggles in this scene from “Woodcutters Of The Deep South,” which black and white cutters' bid to organize themselves to improve their situation. Woodcutters chop and prepare to load wood onto trucks in this scene from Lionel Rogosin's "Woodcutters From The Deep South," which is considered an invaluable historical document of that era -- of which no official archive is known to exist. A black woodcutter pauses from his work during this scene from "Woodcutters Of The Deep South," for which Lionel Rogosin made numerous trips to the region -- despite little funding -- with his crew of Louis Brigante and Shunna Pillay. Now fully loaded, a truck heads off with its cargo to the local paper mill in this scene from "Woodcutters Of The Deep South." A FAIR SUMMARY OF LIONEL ROGOSIN'S APPROACH (SEE QUOTE)
"THEY'RE ALL EXTREMELY RELEVANT": MICHAEL ROGOSIN REVISITS FATHER'S LEGACY WITH CAMPAIGN, NEW DOCUMENTARY
Sep 5, 2016
"It's pretty crazy doing a film on something like that, and having it be such an explosive thing 50 years later." Michael Rogosin talks about his efforts to complete Working Together, a documentary that revisits his late father's last feature-length film, "Woodcutters Of The Deep South," and the issues that it raises about labor unrest, poverty and racism.
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DIRECTOR AT REST: "ON THE BOWERY" (TAKE II) HIGH SCHOOL (OR YALE) PORTRAIT REV. GARY DAVIS: "BLACK ROOTS" (SCREEN GRAB) FLO KENNEDY: "BLACK ROOTS" (SCREEN GRAB) "COME BACK, AFRICA": FILM POSTER
"HE WASN'T ACCEPTING THE STATUS QUO": REVISITING LIONEL ROGOSIN'S LEGACY WITH MICHAEL ROGOSIN (PT. II, 5/22/13)
Jul 12, 2014
"Why do people make films? They want to have a nice career – but that wasn't his motivation at all...he was completely obsessed with that, with social justice." Michael Rogosin continues discussing his late father's legacy, and why it still matters today, in part two of this interview with Chairman Ralph.
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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (AS MIDSHIPMAN, U.S. NAVY) IN LATER LIFE (1983) "GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES" (ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER) "GOOD TIMES, WONDERFUL TIMES" (ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER)
"A MISSION TO GET THESE FILMS SEEN" : REVISITING LIONEL ROGOSIN'S LEGACY WITH MICHAEL ROGOSIN (PT. I, 5/22/13)
Jul 12, 2014
"My father wrote a lot about that...There's other filmmakers of his generation – that considered themselves, not 'blacklisted' – [but] 'greylisted'...Michael Rogosin discusses the efforts to bring the groundbreaking films of his late father, Lionel Rogosin, to a wider audience in part one of this interview with Chairman Ralph.
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ALAN APPERLEY: THE NIGHTINGALES AMLAK TAFARI (STEEL PULSE) DENNIS SEATON: MUSICAL YOUTH BRIAN TRAVERS: UB40 PAUL PANIC: THE ACCUSED THE SURPRISES THE AU PAIRS' PETE HAMMOND+PAUL FOAD TODAY
PUNKY REGGAE BHANGRA PARTY: THE MAKING OF "MADE IN BIRMINGHAM" (1/11/11)
Jul 12, 2014
"Obviously, with the punks, you have the whole DIY ethos mixed in...unlike today, where you've got 'The X Factor,' where lots of things are given to you." Director-producer Deborah Aston discusses her vision in making "Made In Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra."
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