Summer '68

Directed by Norman Fruchter and John Douglas

People's War

Directed by Robert Kramer and John Douglas
Screening on Film

Activist filmmakers Robert Kramer and John Douglas were at the forefront of the Newsreel Collective. This program presents two of the many notable films they produced with this influential group.

PROGRAM

  • Summer '68

    Directed by Norman Fruchter and John Douglas.
    US, 1968, 16mm, black & white, 60 min.

Fruchter and Douglas craft a compelling document of the events leading up to the volatile 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Focusing specifically on the growth of the radical movement in the U.S., the film presents their struggles to find a proper medium for their activist message.

  • People's War

    Directed by Robert Kramer and John Douglas.
    North Vietnam, 1969, 16mm, black & white, 40 min.

In 1969, the Newsreel Collective was invited to film a statement by Ho Chi Minh to the American people. Due to Ho’s failing health, filmmakers Robert Kramer and John Douglas were unable to record this testimony and instead focused on documenting the daily life of the North Vietnamese people who struggled to maintain normalcy after years of colonial rule. Although seized by Army intelligence, the film became one of the most renowned documents of the war.

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