Abraham Polonsky

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 - October 26, 1999) was an American film director, Academy-Award-nominated screenwriter, essayist, and novelist blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s, in the midst of the McCarthy era. Description above from the Wikipedia article Abraham Polonsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

05-12-1910

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Sagittarius

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Total Films

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New York, New York, U.S.

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05-12-1910

Birthday

Sagittarius

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

New York, New York, U.S.

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FBI contre Hollywood

Based on information from FBI cases, this documentary investigates the dark years of American cinema and attempts to discover the mechanisms leading to one of the most diabolical periods in US history.

5.0

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2001

Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major movie moguls who controlled the studios shared. Through clips of various films, the filmmakers illustrate the dominant themes like that of the outsider, the outspoken American patriotism, and rooting for the underdog in society.

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1998

Red Hollywood

A documentary that examines the films made by the victims of the Hollywood Blacklist and offers a radically different perspective on a key period in the history of American cinema.

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1996

Abraham Polonsky

Short documentary about Polonsky and his Hollywood years.

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1984

Innere Sicherheit: Abraham Polonsky

Documentary about American filmmaker Abraham Polonsky.

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1981