Prologue to Passaic Textile Strike(1926). Produced by Albert Wagenknecht(and others.) Directed by Sam Russak(and others.) Written by Margaret Larkin. Photographed by Sam Brody, Lester Balog(a co-founder of the Film and Photo League) and William Schwartfeller.
This enacted drama was a prologue to footage of the Passaic textile strike of 1926. It was meant as a realistic portrayal of the conditions of working class life and as background for the strike documentary. The film was performed entirely by textile union members and financed by a group that called itself International Workers Aid.
18 mins., 5 secs. Silent. (Quicktime streaming video-Broadband recommended.)
Of These Our People(1946). Written, photographed and edited by Samuel Brody. Produced by Vicki Masson. This short film highlights the problem of anti-semitism in post World War II American.
19 mins., 55 secs. (Quicktime streaming video-Broadband recommended.)
Dziga Vertov's classic Chelovek s Kinoapparatom (Man With a Movie Camera)(1929). This work of pioneering filmmaking contributed to the invention of the cinematic montage and the documentary film. It was a primary inspiration for the work of the Worker's Film and Photo League.
1 hr., 6 mins. (Quicktime streaming video-Broadband recommended.)