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John Carpenter
John Cassavetes [1929-89]
Maya Deren [1917-61]
Alex Gibney
Robert Greenwald Page
Henry Jaglom
Jim Jarmusch
Alejandro Jodorowsky

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people, M to Z
Terrence Malick Page
Michael Moore Page
Errol Morris
Godfrey Reggio
John Sayles
John Waters

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Kent  MacKenzie  [1930-80]
IMDb listing

The Exiles movie poster rerelease 2008  "The Exiles" [Pathé/Milestone 1961 & 1970 & 2008]
U.S.C. student Kent MacKenzie took a non-traditional career direction and developed "The Exiles" in collabo-ration with actual residents of the once-elegant neighborhood of Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles. By the late 1950s, the area had become flophouses and seedy mansions, all slated for demolition for replacement by office towers and the Los Angeles Music Center. The brilliant film never received distribution, though Native American writers & activists considered the film as one of the first works of art to portray modern off-reserva-tion life honestly, and teachers in film schools around the world independently re-discovered the lost b&w masterwork. It was not until filmmaker Thom Andersen used a few of MacKenzie's glowing night scenes in the compilation documentary "Los Angeles Plays Itself" [2003], that Hollywood realized the film's worth. Milestone Films acquired the rights from MacKenzie's two daughters, the UCLA Film Archive produced a restored print, and theatrical distribution began in 2008. Bonus features on DVD include Kent Mackenzie shorts "A Skill For Molina" [1960], "Story of A Rodeo Cowboy" [1962], and "Ivan and His Father" [1970]; documentary short "Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal" by Greg Kimble; "White Fawn's Devotion" Native American silent short [1910], plus a DVD-ROM with the script, publicity material, Mackenzie's masters thesis, and more.
Produced, written & directed by Kent MacKenzie; re-release 'Presented by Sherman Alexie & Charles Burnett'; starring Homer Nish, Yvonne Williams & Tom Reynolds; listed on the National Film Registry (2009)
Oscilloscope/Milestone b&w DVD [11/2009] 2 disks for $27.49
full credits from IMDbofficial movie sitefilm entry at Wikipedia


Magic Lantern's
writer-director Terrence Malick Page


Chris Marker [France; 1921-2012]
IMDb listingWikipedia

"Marker is unclassifiable because he is unique . . . The French Cinema has its dramatists and its poets, its technicians,
and its autobiographers, but only has one true essayist: Chris Marker." — film theorist Roy Armes (in 1988)

"The Train Rolls On" Chris Marker docu [France 1973] /tt0067874/
"A Grin Without A Cat" [] by Chris Marker


Maysles Brothers
IMDb listing for Albert Maysles [1926-2015]IMDb listing for David Maysles [1931-87]
Maysles Brothers entry on Wikipedia

official Maysles Assocs. website
Maysles Institute non-profit [est. 2005]

Wild Blue Yonder documentary film directed by Celia Maysles  "Wild Blue Yonder" documentary [indep 2007]
Celia Maysles – daughter of David, niece of Arthur, together important pioneers of verité documentary filmmaking – was seven years old when her father died. She uses the techniques of verité documentary filmmaking to explore the past, to find out who her father & uncle were.
Co-produced & directed by Celia Maysles
video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb
producer's film site {requires Apple Quicktime}
Direct Cinema of David & Albert Maysles  
"The Direct Cinema of David and Albert Maysles" [2005]
by Jonathan B. Vogels

Southern IL Univ 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2005] for $39.15


Mekas Brothers
Co-founded Film Culture Magazine in 1955

Adolfas Mekas [1925-2011]
"Hallelujah The Hills" [1963]
"Goldstein" [editor; 1964]
"The Double-Barreled Detective Story" [1965]

Jonas Mekas [b. 1922]
IMDb listingWikipedia
received the 1992 Mel Novikoff Award [est. 1988] from San Francisco Intl. Film Festival [est. 1954]

"Notes On The Circus" [1966] by Jonas Mekas

Conversations with Directors anthology edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson  "Conversations With Directors: An Anthology of Interviews From Literature/Film Quarterly" [2008] Edited by Elsie M. Walker & David T. Johnson
interviewees include: Robert Altman, Frank Capra, René Clair, Martha Coolidge, Wes Craven, Terence Davies & Olivia Stewart, Edward Dmytryk, Federico Fellini, William Friedkin, Richard Leacock, Richard Linklater, Baz Luhrmann, Louis Malle, Jonas Mekas, Marcel Ophüls, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Eric Rohmer, Patricia Rozema, John Schlesinger, Jean-Charles Tacchella, Marcela Fernández Violante, Andrej Wajda, Wayne Wang, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise & Franco Zefferelli
Scarecrow Press 9x6 pb [3/2008] for $55.00


sexploitationist  Russ Meyer  [1922-2004]
browse Russ Meyer on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

official Russ Meyer website
CAM's Russ Meyer fansite

"Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"
original b&w feature film [indep Aug 1965]
DVDfull credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

Announced 2008: color remake [for 2012? release]
being developed by Quentin Tarantino; latest info at IMDb


Warren  Miller (skiing & surfing films)
IMDb listingWikipedia

official Warren Miller website
Surf Shack Page at Spirit of America


won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for "Bowling For Columbine" [2002]    Magic Lantern's
Michael Moore  Page


filmmaker-actor  Luis  Moro
Moro Films websiteIMDb listing

Anne B. Real video  "Anne B. Real" [indep U.S. release Oct 2003]
Directed by Lisa France; co-written by Luis Moro, Lisa France & Antonio Macia; co-producers Lenny Bier, Josselyne Herman, Luis Moro & Lisa France; co-starring Janice Richardson, Antonio Macia & Luis Moro
Universal color DVD [11/2003] for $9.99
full credits from IMDb
Love & Suicide poster  "Love & Suicide" [indep. U.S. release May 2006]
Directed by Lisa France, written by Lisa France & Luis Moro; co-producers Luis Moro, Demian Lichtenstein & Steven C. Beer; cinematography by Demian Lichtenstein; starring Kamar De Los Reyes, Luis Moro & Daisy McCrackin
DVD available from producers
full credits at IMDb
official movie site



co-won Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for "The Fog of War" [2003]    
Errol Morris
"Morris's subject is a particular kind of American stupidity – the ability to
substitute self-justification for self-knowledge." — critic David Denby

browse Errol Morris on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

official Errol Morris website

Announced 9/2012: Three companies – History Films, Radium-TWC, and Participant Media – are banding together to bring the next
Errol Morris project to the big screen; Morris is turning his lens toward former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in
"The Unknown Known: The Life and Times of Donald Rumsfeld" • not yet listed at IMDb

"The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography"
[Neon Releasing June 2017]
B-Side Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography docufilm by Errol Morris  Portrait photographer Dorfman is still making 20-inch-by-24-inch portraits using a large-format Polaroid® camera, even though Polaroid shut down its factory in Netherlands in 2008 • Directed by Errol Morris
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
credits at IMDbwatch 4/2017 official trailer [2:08] at YouTube


Christopher Münch
IMDb listingWikipedia


Jesus Nebot: official websiteIMDb listing

No Turning Back   "No Turning Back" [U.S. release June 2003]
Co-directed & co-written by Julia Montejo & Jesus Nebot;
starring Jesus Nebot & Chelsea Rendon
Universal color DVD [3/2004] for $24.28
full credits from IMDbofficial movie website


Earl  Owensby
IMDb listingWikipedia

Earl Owensby Studios


Kimberly  Peirce
IMDb listingWikipedia

"Boys Don't Cry" [1999] Hilary Swank won Oscar
"Stop Loss" [2008]


Polish Brothers – Mark & Michael
Mark's credits at IMDbMichael's credits at IMDbWikipedia


Godfrey Reggio
IMDb listingofficial websiteWikipedia

Koyaanisqatsi & Powaqqatsi DVD 2-pack  "Koyaanisqatsi" [1983] / "Powaqqatsi" [1988] DVD 2-pack
Co-written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass
MGM/UA widescreen DVD [9/2002] 2 disks for $22.49

"Naqoyqatsi: Life Is War" [Miramax/Qatsi Oct 2002]
Written & directed by Godfrey Reggio; music by Philip Glass, with cellist Yo-Yo Ma
Buena Vista widescreen color DVD [10/2003] for $24.53

more details (synopses, books, posters, music, links) on
Magic Lantern's Godfrey Reggio / 'Qatsi Trilogy' Page


Vanessa Renwick
Oregon Dept. of Kick Ass Film & Video


Lionel Rogosin  [1924-2000]
browse DVDsIMDb listingWikipedia

father of Michael Rogosin
father of Daniel Rogosin

On The Bowery 1957 docufilm by Lionel Rogosin  "On The Bowery" [indep March 1957; Milestone re-release 2011]
Partly-scripted docufilm showing the lives of down-and-out residents of New York City's Bowery neighborhood, over two days' time. Produced, co-written & directed by Lionel Rogosin; starring Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews & Ray Salyer; Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature, won BAFTA Award for Best Documentary; listed on the National Film Registry (2008)
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
Come Back, Africa 1960 documentary restored in 2012  "Come Back, Africa" [indep April 1960; Milestone re-release 2012]
Documentary about apartheid in South Africa co-produced, co-written & directed by Lionel Rogosin;
digital restoration in 2012; featuring Zacharia Mgabi & singer Miriam Makeba
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
watch 8/2011 trailer [2:22] at YouTube
Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume 1 box set  "The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume I" Box Sets [2014]
Milestone widescreen color Blu-ray set [2/2012] 2 disks for $22.96
Milestone widescreen color DVD set [2/2012] 2 disks for $19.96
contains Disc One: "On The Bowery" docufilm [1957] by Lionel Rogosin; "Martin Scorsese Intro"; "The Street of Forgotten Men" silent feature film [Famous Players-Lasky 1925]; "Bowery Men's Shelter" 10-minute short [1972]; "The Perfect Team: The Making of On The Bowery" 47-minute docufilm [2009] by Rogosin’s son Michael; "A Walk Through The Bowery" [2009]; 2010 "On the Bowery" theatrical trailer; Disc Two: 70-minute "Good Times, Wonderful Times" [1966] by Lionel Rogosin - 'one of the great antiwar films of the VietNam Era'; "Out" [1957] about refugees fleeing to Austria in the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956; "Man's Peril: The Making of Good Times, Wonderful Times" [2008] by Michael Rogosin
Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume 2 box set  "The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II" Box Sets [2014]
Milestone b&w Blu-ray set [2/2014] 2 disks for $34.99
Milestone b&w DVD set [2/2014] 2 disks for $29.99
contains Disc One: "Come Back, Africa" 86-minute feature documentary [South Africa 1959, restored 2000] with subtitles; 2-minute "A Martin Scorsese Introduction" [2000]; "An American In Sophiatown: The Making of Come Back, Africa" 64-minute feature documentary [2007] directed by Michael Rogosin & Lloyd Ross; 19-minute radio interview "Lionel Rogosin Talks About Come Back, Africa" [1978]; "Come Back, Africa" theatrical trailer [2:00]; Disc Two: 63-minute "Black Roots" [USA 1970] with subtitles; 27-minute "Bitter Sweet Stories: A Documentary On The Making of Black Roots" [?] directed by Michael Rogosin; 74-minute "Have You Seen Drum Recently?" [1989] directed by Jürgen Schadeberg, starring Miriam Makeba


sexploitationist  Joseph W. Sarno  [1921-2010]
browse DVDsIMDb listingWikipedia

"Inga" [Sweden 1971] /tt0067508/ & /B00005Y71B/
"Young Playthings" [1972] /tt0069527/
"Confessions of A Young American Housewife" [1974] /tt0069914/
"a mini-masterpiece" per critic Richard Corliss

http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Sarno-Girl-Meets-Trilogy/dp/B00080ETWM/


John Sayles
"When I was really young I didn’t know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories." — John Sayles
browse John Sayles on DVDbrowse booksIMDb listingWikipedia

official John Sayles website "Silver City" political satire film
[Newmarket Films Sept 2004]
Silver City 2004 political satire movie
Silver City 2004 political satire movie - French version
  tagline: 'Vote Early. Vote Often' - Bumbling, incompetent Dickie Pilager (Chris Cooper, channeling George Dubya) is chosen by his corrupt Colorado Senator father to represent their party in an upcoming gubernatorial campaign. During a photo opportunity while fishing in a Colorado river, Dickie starts to reel in a dead body, and Dickie's ruthless campaign manager hires an investi-gative journalist to look into possible links between the corpse and the Pilager family's many enemies; the investigation soon becomes deeply involved in the shady world where corporate interests and politics meet, and where democracy has become as corrupt as any dictatorship • Location filming in Colorado; written & directed by independent filmmaker John Sayles; Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Tim Roth, Thora Birch, Maria Bello, Miguel Ferrer, Danny Huston, Billy Zane, Kris Kristofferson, Daryl Hannah, Ralph Waite, Michael Murphy, Cajardo Lindsey, John C. Ashton, Elizabeth Rainer, Donevon Martinez, James Gammon, Benjamin Kroger, Charles Mitchell, Alma Delfina, Roslyn Washington, David Clennon, Mary Kay Place, Jan Van Sickle, Denis Berkfeldt, Patricia/Patty Calhoun, Maggie Roswell, Paul Rohrer, Richard Beall, Mare Trevathan Phillpott, David Russell, Luis Saguar, Sal Lopez, Gary Sirchia, Rodney Lizcano, Stephen Brackett, Aaron Vieyra, Hugo E. Carbajal, Michael Shalhoub, Amie MacKenzie, Larry Gallegos, James Aidan (newscaster voice), Antonino Garcia Tony
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [1/2005] out of prodn/used
Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [1/2005] out of prodn/used
Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [8/00] out of prodn/used
Sony Pictures widescreen color DVD [8/00] for $29.98
Sony Pictures color VHS [1/2005] out of prodn/used
French-language RDM Video Region 2 color DVD [date unknown] for $34.99
watch official trailer [9/2017 upload; 2:30] online at YouTube

Silver City and Other Screenplays book by John Sayles  "Silver City and Other Screenplays" [2004]
by independent filmmaker John Sayles

contains title script, "Return of The Secaucus 7" [1979],
"Matewan" [1987], Oscar-nominated "Passion Fish" [1992],
and "Lone Star" [1996]

Nation Books/Bold Type Books 9x6 pb [9/2004] for $23.27


performance artist & experimental filmmaker
Jack Smith
[1932-89]
"Make perfect art and you will be admired. Make imperfect art and you will be loved." — Jack Smith [1932-89]
IMDb listingWikipedia

"Flaming Creatures" featurette [1963] /tt0054880/

"Normal Love" feature film [1963] /tt0057365/

"Silent Shadows: 56 Ludlow Street, 1962-64" audio CD in 2 volumes [1999]
http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Shadows-Cinemaroc-Island-1962-1964/dp/B00000G4T2/

"Jack Smith and The Destruction of Atlantis" docufilm [2006] /tt0795406/

"Wait For Me At The Bottom of The Pool: The Writings of Jack Smith" [9/2008] /1852424281/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FKTDL4C/

Spring 2018 article “This Is Just What I Expected!: Restoring The Films of Jack Smith” by Jerry Tartaglia


Kevin Smith
browse Kevin Smith on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

production company View Askew website


Pete Smith


Mark Street
production company websiteIMDb listing


eco-activist filmmaker Joshua Tickell  • lives near Ojai, California
official websiteIMDb listingWikipedia

Fryer to the Fuel Tank  "From The Fryer To The Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide To Using
Vegetable Oil As An Alternative Fuel" [1998?] by Joshua Tickell

Tickell Energy Consultants 3rd edition pb [12/2000] for $24.95
Biodiesel America  "Biodiesel America: How To Achieve Energy Security, Free America From
Middle-East Oil Dependence & Make Money Growing Fuel" [2005]
by Joshua Tickell

Tickell Energy Consultants pb [7/2005] for $34.95

"Fields of Fuel" documentary feature [festival circuit 2008]
'Fields of Fuel' 2008 documentary from Josh Tickell  America is addicted to petroleum and it is time for an intervention. Eco-evangelist filmmaker Josh Ticknell, a man with a plan and a Veggie Van, tells the story of biodiesel – made from vegetable oil, it is non-toxic, has low carbon dioxide emissions, and can ultimately replace all liquid fuels used in the United States. Tickell takes on big oil, big government, and big soy to find solutions in places few people have looked • Co-produced by Rebecca Harrell Tickell; directed by Joshua Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring attorney William Baggett, Roger Ballentine, Richard Branson, Dr. Colin Campbell, Larry David, Laurie Lennard David, Cong. Eliot Engel [D-NY], Dr. Hermann Frassen, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Ken Hern, activist Jim Hightower, Oliver Houck, Cong. Jay Inslee [D-WA], Jack Johnson, David Kittelson, Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR], Dr. Gal Luft, Bill Mack, Robert McCormick, John McElroy, Robert McFar-lane, Dr. William Moomaw, Willie Nelson, Michael Noble, Julia Roberts, Florence Robinson, Chris Sanders, Dr. Bill Shepard, singer Smudo, Swedish Minister Lena Sommestadt, James Woolsey, Neil Young & attorney Beth Zilbert
DVD/Blu-ray not available • Amazon Instant Video [2008] rental $2.99, purchase $9.99
full credits at IMDb

"Fuel" documentary feature [Greenlight Sept 2009]
'Fuel' documentary promoting solutions to peak oil  The 11-year personal journey of filmmaker & eco-evangelist Josh Tickell, focusing on inspiring viewers, by looking into our future and offering hope via a wide-range of renewable energy & bio-fuel solutions • Directed by Joshua Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Joshua Tickell, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Richard Branson, Larry Hagman, Woody Harrelson, Robert Kennedy Jr., Willie Nelson, Julia Roberts & Neil Young
Cinema Libre Studio widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2011] for $18.93
Cinema Libre Studio widescreen color DVD [6/2010] for $16.93
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitewatch official trailer [2:04] at YouTube

"Freedom: An Adventure To Uncover A Shocking Solution To America's Oil Addiction"
TV documentary
[Canada Aug 2011]
'Freedom' 2011 TV documentary from Josh Tickell  Film focuses on alcohol fuel; was broadcast on the SuperChannel in Canada • Co-produced & co-directed by Rebecca Harrell Tickell; co-directed by Joshua Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Ed Begley Jr., Tracy Mork, Jason Mraz, Michelle Rodriguez & Amy Smart
Green Planet Prodns color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used
credits at IMDbwatch official trailer [1:40] at YouTube

"The Big Fix" documentary feature [LionsGate VOD release June 2012]
'The Big Fix' Gulf megaspill documentary from Josh Tickell  "The truth is deep beneath the surface" • This 89-minute Gulf megaspill documentary was acquired by video-on-demand distribution company GoDigital, with LionsGate handling the same-day cable release • Co-produced, co-directed & co-hosted by Joshua Tickell & Rebecca Harrell Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Peter Fonda (co-producer), Amy Smart, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Jeff Goodell, Chris Hedges, David Korten, Nomi Prins, Sen. Bernie Sanders
Green Planet Prodns color DVD [6/2012] for $17.10
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
watch official trailer [2:15] at YouTube

"Pump: The Movie" documentary feature [Submarine Deluxe Sept 2014]

'Pump' documentary from Josh Tickell about alternative fuels  Documentary from the director of 'Fuel' and 'The Big Fix' that offers real alternatives to fossil fuels • Co-produced & directed by Joshua Tickell & Rebecca Harrell Tickell; written by Johnny O'Hara; featuring Dr. Greg Anderson, Edwin Black, John Brackett, Todd Brad-shaw, Daniel Ceasar, Alex Conger, Luiz 'Lula' da Silva, John Paul DeJoria (co-producer), Michael Dunne, Rogelio Goldfarb, Peter Goldmark, L. Hendricks, Andy Hernandez, David Hoffpay, John Hofmeister, Roland Hwang, Dr. Martin Jacques, Amy Meyers Jaffee, Marcos Jank, D.E. Johnson, Kevin Kidwell, Anne Korin, Zhang Ling, Luiz Paz Lins, Amory Lovins, Wladmin Martins, Chen Meng, Elon Musk {of Tesla Motors}, Cheryl & Phil Near, Dr. Raymond Pierrehumbert, Marc J. Rauch, author Jeremy Rifkin, Tom Rolfstad, Zhang Shenhua, Tina Soares, K.C. Tran, Theophilus Walker, Faye & John & Suzy Zhang & Dr. Robert Zubrin
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbofficial movie sitemovie entry at Wikipedia
watch official trailer [2:14] at YouTube

"Good Fortune: The Official Biography of John Paul DeJoria" [in production, release 2016?]  
subject is co-founder of Paul Mitchell Systems hair products and of Patrón Tequila • latest info at IMDb


Billy B. Van  [1878-1950] of New Hampshire
Born as William Webster Vandergrift; solid vaudeville career, then tried movies, including the Equity Motion Picture Co. in Georges Mills, NH (circa 1920),
and rumored involvement in the creation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [1924]. He appeared in 11 productions on Broadway and five films (4 silent).
As a serial entrepreneur, he was also a dairy farmer, pine soap maker, CBS Radio star, and motivational speaker.
official siteBroadway credits [1903-28]IMDb listing [1920-33] Wikipedia

"Where Are Your Husbands?" silent short [Reelcraft Pictures Aug 1920]
print recently identified at Library of Congress (opening 30 seconds missing) • bare credits at IMDbclick here for still photograph from 'Where Are Your Husbands?' (in a new window)

"The Beauty Shop" [1922] /tt0012927/
70-minute film based on a 1914 Broadway musical; also starring boxer Jim Corbett

"Snap Out of It" memoir? [self-publd 1933] by Billy B. Van
http://www.amazon.com/Snap-out-Billy-B-Van/dp/B0008BKPEC/

"Billy B. Van: Newport’s Sunshine Peddler - A History of Van’s life In Newport" [2016] by Jayna Huot Hooper
http://www.vnews.com/Newport-and-Sunapee-Historical-Societies-present-a-program-on-native-son-Billy-B-Van-1878-1950-3933453


Melvin Van Peebles
IMDb listingWikipedia

Baadassssss! movie poster   "Baadassssss!" aka "How To Get The Man's Foot Outta Your Ass"
[Sony May 2004]

Mario's documentary/homage to his father's historic 1971 film that was key in birthing Independent Black Cinema. Co-written & directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles (based on the book, below)
Sony widescreen color DVD [9/2004] for $17.99
Sony color VHS [1/2005] out of prodn/used
B.B.E. soundtrack CD [6/2004] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb
official movie site {requires Flash}
movie entry at Wikipedia
Sweet Sweetback's Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto  
"Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: A Guerilla Filmmaking Manifesto"
[2004] by Melvin Van Peebles

Thunder's Mouth Press mass pb [8/2004] for $11.86
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song movie  "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song"  [indep April 1971]
Written, co-produced, directed & edited by and starring Melvin Van Peebles, with Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan & young Mario Van Peebles
Xenon color DVD [1/2003] for $17.99
Xenon color VHS [2/2002] out of prodn/used
Stax soundtrack CD [11/99] 2 disks / out of prodn/rare
11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99
full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia
screenplay, diaries & soundtrack CD
Interlink pb [9/96] out of print/used

Melvin's son actor-director  Mario Van Peebles
browse Mario Van Peebles on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia


John Waters
browse John Waters on DVDIMDb listingWikipedia

Dreamland fansite

co-owner of Atomic Books [], 3620 Falls Road in Baltimore, Maryland

"Pink Flamingos" [1972]
"Female Trouble" [1974]
"Hairspray" [1988]
"Hairspray: The Musical" [2007]


Frederick Wiseman
DVDs of Frederick Wiseman {sloppy results} at Amazonofficial websiteIMDb listingWikipedia

Crazy Horse documentary film by Frederick Wiseman  "Crazy Horse" [France Oct 2011, Zipporah Films USA Jan 2012]
134-minute documentary by American filmmaker Frederick Wiseman about the history & venue & nude dancers of the Le Crazy Horse de Paris revue in Paris, France. Co-produced & directed by Frederick Wiseman
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbdistributor's official movie page


musician & filmmaker Neil Young
Neil Young Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
browse musicofficial websiteentry at Wikipedia

Movies Section on the Neil Young PageNeil Young's credits at IMDb


won Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 1997    Jessica Yu
IMDb listingWikipedia
1997 Oscar Acceptance Speech: "You know you've entered new territory
when your outfit cost more than your film."

Last Call At The Oasis docufilm by Jessica Yu  "Last Call At The Oasis" [Participant Media / A.T.O. 2011]
Illuminates the vital role that water plays in our lives, exposing the defects in the current system and depicting communities already struggling with its ill-effects. Co-produced, written & directed by Jessica Yu; featuring Jay Famiglietti, Peter H. Gleick, Tyrone Hayes, Alex Prud’homme, Robert Glennon & eco-activist Erin Brockovich-Ellis
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
full credits at IMDbofficial movie siteofficial trailer {Quicktime}


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