In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Feb 18, 1994A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
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Lionel Rogosin
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You Never Know
Jan 01, 197010-part epic documentary on the life, work and times of filmmaker Lionel Rogosin, the radical director of ON THE BOWERY, COME BACK AFRICA, GOOD TIMES WONDERFUL TIMES and BLACK ROOTS. Film by Michael Rogosin, the son of Lionel Rogosin.
The Perfect Team: The Making of 'On the Bowery'
Jan 01, 2009Filmmaker Michael Rogosin's fascinating exploration of the production history behind his father Lionel's groundbreaking documentary, On the Bowery.
A documentary about the making of Good Times Wonderful Times.
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An American in Sophiatown
Mar 31, 2007Interwoven with clips from the original film "Come Back Africa", the late Lionel Rogosin tells the story of how he penetrated Sophiatown, Johannesburg during the iron rule of the apartheid regime. In what develops like a political thriller, An American in Sophiatown is one of the most damning portrayals of this police state.
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Nov 23, 2013An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
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Cinématon XIII
Nov 08, 1981Out
Jan 01, 1956A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying Hungarian refugee problems after the October 1956 revolution. Shot on the Austro-Hungarian frontier and in the refugee camp at Traiskirchen.
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Come Back, Africa
Sep 01, 1959A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying Hungarian refugee problems after the October 1956 revolution. Shot on the Austro-Hungarian frontier and in the refugee camp at Traiskirchen.
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Come Back, Africa
Sep 01, 1959A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying Hungarian refugee problems after the October 1956 revolution. Shot on the Austro-Hungarian frontier and in the refugee camp at Traiskirchen.
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Come Back, Africa
Sep 01, 1959A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying Hungarian refugee problems after the October 1956 revolution. Shot on the Austro-Hungarian frontier and in the refugee camp at Traiskirchen.
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On the Bowery
Mar 18, 1957A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
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Good Times, Wonderful Times
Jul 18, 1966A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
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Oysters Are in Season
Jan 01, 1966Oysters Are in Season feautures the improvised humor of Swede Sorenson, Dean Preece and Molly Parkin as they play out sharply satiric situations. Utter foolishness abounds in short skits that range from an employment interview with an applicant whose previous experience has left him physically uncontrollable, and an unsuspecting golfer who arrives for a first lesson, to scenes of mayhem with a hammock and a chinese lantern masquerading as an artificial kidney.
Black Fantasy
Oct 19, 1972The documentary looks at interracial marriage between black men and white women and the problems and issues associated with it. Featured are black civil-rights worker James Collier and his wife, a white woman.
Woodcutters of the Deep South
Jan 01, 1973The sixth and final feature-length film produced and directed by American independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin. The film looks at workers who organize to resist exploitation by pulpwood corporations.
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On the Bowery
Mar 18, 1957A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
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Black Roots
Feb 25, 1970Black Roots is the fourth feature-length film produced and directed by American independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin. The film gathers a number of African American folk and blues musicians in a room, where they share stories and songs about the black experience in America.
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On the Bowery
Mar 18, 1957A mix of documentary and scripted footage on the Bowery, New York City's skid row. Against a backdrop of men (and a few women) drinking in bars, talking and arguing, and sleeping on sidewalks, we have the story of Ray.
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Oysters Are in Season
Jan 01, 1966Oysters Are in Season feautures the improvised humor of Swede Sorenson, Dean Preece and Molly Parkin as they play out sharply satiric situations. Utter foolishness abounds in short skits that range from an employment interview with an applicant whose previous experience has left him physically uncontrollable, and an unsuspecting golfer who arrives for a first lesson, to scenes of mayhem with a hammock and a chinese lantern masquerading as an artificial kidney.
How Do You Like Them Bananas
Jan 01, 1966A clergyman seeks a donation from a banker in this short slapstick comedy.
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Out
Jan 04, 1957
Arab-Israeli Dialogue
Jan 01, 1974The passionate final documentary from Lionel Rogosin, in which Palestinian poet Rashed Hussein and Israeli writer Amos Kenan seek dialogue toward a possible solution to the never-ending conflict. Never before have both sides discussed a mutual problem so frankly, and so willingly. Rogosin provides an open forum for two formidable intellects to discuss the fates of their nations, and the ever-receding possibility of peace.
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Black Roots
Feb 25, 1970Black Roots is the fourth feature-length film produced and directed by American independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin. The film gathers a number of African American folk and blues musicians in a room, where they share stories and songs about the black experience in America.
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