Documentaries
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: A serious look at public housing and the fate of US cities
By Fred Mazelis, February 1, 2012
A new documentary film examines the history of a St. Louis housing project.
Images of a dictatorship: La Cantuta in the Jaws of the Devil
By Armando Cruz, September 13, 2011
Directed and written by Amanda Gonzales
Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams
By Philip Guelpa, July 8, 2011
This documentary affords viewers the ability to experience the interior of Chauvet Cave in southern France, which contains the oldest known cave art anywhere in the world.
100 years since the historic workplace tragedy in New York City
HBO’s Triangle: Remember the Fire
By Charles Bogle, March 25, 2011
The excellent production values of Triangle: Remember the Fire leave an indelible visual memory of one of the greatest tragedies in American workplace. Sadly, the documentary’s limited perspective dishonors the legacy of the tragedy.
100 years since tragic blaze killed 146 garment workers
Triangle Fire on PBS’s “American Experience”: compelling documentary marred by liberal perspective
By Charles Bogle, March 12, 2011
Triangle Fire recreates one of the truly tragic workplace disasters in US history. Producer-director Jamila Wignot offers a compelling portrayal of the inhuman conditions that led to the fire and the loss of 146 lives.
John Pilger’s The War You Don’t See: An indictment of news reporting as state propaganda
By Paul Mitchell, January 4, 2011
John Pilger’s The War You Don’t See examines the media’s role in wartime and asks whether it has become part of the propaganda machine of the state.
An additional comment on Inside Job, the documentary about the financial meltdown
November 11, 2010
Joanne Laurier of the WSWS recently commented on the documentary film, Inside Job. A WSWS supporter adds this comment.
Toronto International Film Festival 2010
ANPO: Art X War—Art and opposition in postwar Japan
By Lee Parsons, October 14, 2010
ANPO: Art X War, a remarkable documentary from first-time director Linda Hoaglund, deals with the mass opposition that erupted in Japan in 1960 to the continuation of the US military presence in that country.
Waiting for Superman
American liberalism spearheads the right-wing attack on public education
By Dan Conway, October 7, 2010
Students are protesting today against attacks on public education under conditions of mounting social distress for millions of young people.
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould: A more intimate view
By Joanne Laurier, September 10, 2010
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould by Canadian documentarians Michéle Hozer and Peter Raymont is a compilation of previously unseen footage of Gould, as well as hundreds of photographs and excerpts of private home and studio recordings.
Globalization and its human consequences: The Red Tail
By Joanne Laurier, July 6, 2010
The Red Tail, a documentary co-directed by Dawn Mikkelson and Melissa Koch, is a human drama that treats a question of immense importance: the consequences of a globally-integrated economy.
A conversation with Austin Chu, co-director of The Recess Ends
A film about the impact of the economic crisis in the US
By Marge Holland, December 9, 2009
Earlier this year Austin and Brian Chu traveled to every state in the US in an effort to capture the reality of the recession, which was being so under-reported by the American media. The WSWS spoke to Austin Chu recently in San Francisco.
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