Haskell Wexler Movies

Underground is a 1976 documentary film about the Weathermen, founded as a militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), who fought...

Laymen as well as celebrities in the sciences and creative arts give their views and values regarding their creative efforts and technological...

"Just before dawn on New Year's Day 1994, armed Mayan Indians declared war on the government. They immediately seized eight towns in Chiapas and set...

The maiden voyage of Columbia, the first space shuttle, is recounted with footage shot on the ground and in space.

A unique story of a small urban community of Native Hawaiians and the women who championed for their rights to their land against all odds.

The struggle for civil rights has been one of the most important issues of American life for the last fifty years. In August of 1963, groups from all...

The filmmakers spoke to ex-political prisoners who had been tortured by the military government who were at that point supported by the US government.

Resentful after an ugly divorce from her unfaithful husband, Judith McGuire moves to Los Angeles. Adrift and detached, she spends her days and nights...

Paul Newman joins ordinary people in the US and the USSR in taking on the military-industrial complex and campaigning for nuclear-war prevention.

Documentary portrait of former CIA official John Stockwell, who resigned after becoming disillusioned with the organization's activities.

This documentary chronicles half a century of hostile U.S.-Cuba relations. The film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed...

Biography based on Rachel Carson's book, "The Silent Spring."

Documentary about the atomic testing done in the desert of Nevada, the health risks it posed to closely involved military personnel, and the lack of...

In the video John Hanlon, producer/recording engineer says: "Neil just captures the moment, he gives it his all, he goes for the throat. If he is not...

Traveling through villages along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border, the filmmakers document the impact of the covert war against Nicaragua's Sandinista...

Interviews with five former American soldiers who were present at the March 16, 1968 attack on the village of My Lai during the Vietnam War; they...

The first officer in the United States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral grounds, and attempts to clarify the issues that prompted Lt....

This short explores the early planning innovations and the subsequent mistakes that resulted in developing urban sprawl, suburbia, and gentrification...

What began as a video master class evolved into a film about the political documentaries of Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Comprised...

Oscar-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler returns to his hometown of Chicago to document the Occupy Movement's demonstrations against the 2012 NATO...