Sam Fuller Writing's with a Camera Trailer
“White Dog” was a much discussed and controversial film directed by Sam Fuller in 1981, based on a novel by Romain Gary. Its theme is American racism. The central figure is a white German shepherd, adopted by a young actress played by Kristy McNichol, who discovers that the dog had been trained to attack blacks. She takes it to a black dog trainer played by Paul Winfield for reeducation.
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Broadway Express trailer (W_ Watermark) (1).mp4
On this day in 1904, the first underground subway line opened in New York City.
Undoubtably one of the great prevailing icons of city life, the NYC subway system was the subject of one of the earliest documentaries in our filmography, "Broadway Express" (1959,) which is now available to stream in remastered 2K resolution. Please visit our website for more information.
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Hans Bethe (1906 - 2005) the eminent Nobel Prize winning nuclear physicist of the 20th century was not only concerned about stellar energy production, but among many other things US energy independence vis-a-vis substitution, synthetic fuels, and conservation. Bethe was also an advocate for nuclear energy, which he recognized had many opponents, but was worthy of its risks and a timely alternative to fossil fuels which he prophysized would be far more destructive.
"At present, I believe [nuclear power] is safe, but if the number and quality of people going into nuclear power declines, then reactors someday actually may become unsafe. Nobody can guarantee absolute safety. There is nothing in this world which is free of risk and nuclear power is no exception, but the risk from nuclear power, in my opinion, is far less than from any other way of producing power, and less than from most other industrial enterprises, and of course, industrial enterprises in turn are far less risky than having industrial civilization come to an end. The risk of life in a primitive society is just enormously greater than it is in an industrial society." "What people like myself are advocating is not an unlimited growth of energy consumption. Many of the anti-people accuse us of that, that we want unlimited growth. We don't but we do not want decay and if we don't do anything reasonable, then there will be decay, not just no growth, but decay, decline of everything that we are doing nowadays."
Hans Bethe is the subject of our film "Hans Bethe: Prophet of Energy" (1980) directed by Michael Blackwood, which traces his life and career.
The Michael Blackwood Film collection is available to stream via Amazon, Vimeo, and Kanopy. Please visit our website for more information.
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Renowned Filipino director Lino Brocka (1939-1991) on his experience producing his own movies. From our 1987 film "Signed: Lino Brocka."
The Michael Blackwood Productions film collections is available to stream via Amazon, Vimeo, and Kanopy. Please see our website for more details.
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Jasper Johns in 1971, at work on "Decoy" in Universal Limited Art Editions.
1972's "Jasper Johns: Decoy" is our short film documenting the artist's creation of the pioneering lithograph work "Decoy," alongside Tatyana Grosman.
We're extremely lucky to have Johns, who's 91st birthday was just this past weekend, as a featured subject in our film collection, such as in our 1972 film "American Art in the 1960s."
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Japanese sculptor, Nobuo Sekine (1942-2019)
To learn more about Sekine and other key artists from Japan's Mono-ha art movement, please see our 1970 film "Japan: The New Art."
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CW: Police violence and brutality.
This clip from our film, "Summer in the City," filmed in the Summer of 1968, is a sample of the violence endured by the mostly black New Yorkers who protested against urban "renewal" programs, which ultimately displaced the black population of the Upper West Side.
In the same year that saw the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and amidst a growing number of policies and programs meant to disenfranchise black New Yorkers, these protests marked a peak of racial tension in the city.
Unfortunately, the progress that has been made since 1968 has still not been enough to rid New York of the embedded racism that exists within its housing, law enforcement, and welfare systems, which of course, also exists in the rest of The United States. Documentations of events such as this one are critical, as they inform newer generations of the ongoing movement toward civil rights. While almost every aspect of society has changed in the decades since this event, the parallels between this clip and the what is seen almost daily in the current social climate is undeniable.
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#OTD in 1990 the world lost a once-in-a-generation artist in Keith Haring.
Before his visual language became one of the most recognizable of any artist across the world, Haring's signature motifs could be found chalked on blank signs throughout the New York subway system. The artist used subway stations as a studio to sketch and experiment, keeping in tradition with New York's legendary graffiti culture.
As featured in CNBC's recent series "Empires of New York," this clip from our 1985 film "Empire City" provides a rare glimpse of Haring creating one of his iconic subway drawings.
"Empire City" is now available to stream in remastered 2K resolution via Amazon, Vimeo, and Kanopy. Please visit our website for more information.
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The Artist's Studio_ Jean Dubuffet.mp4
