Joseph McCarthy
Biography: Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 14, 1908
Deathday: May 02, 1957
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005-09-16
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Overview: The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-16
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RBG
2018-05-04
RBG
Overview: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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Point of Order!
1964-01-14
Point of Order!
Overview: Point of Order is compiled from TV footage of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings, in which the Army accused Senator McCarthy of improperly pressuring the Army for special privileges for Private David Schine, formerly of McCarthy's investigative staff. McCarthy accused the Army of holding Schine hostage to keep him from searching for Communists in the Army. These hearings resulted in McCarthy's eventual censure for conduct unbecoming a senator.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-14
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Hearts and Minds
1974-12-20
Hearts and Minds
Overview: Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-20
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The Two Kennedys
1969-11-18
The Two Kennedys
Overview: Life, career and death of the two protagonists of American life sixties, John and Robert Kennedy, from the days of their ascent to the White House, the first as president, the second as a minister of justice, to the death.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-11-18
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2008-03-24
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Overview: J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-24
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The Day After Trinity
1981-01-20
The Day After Trinity
Overview: This essential, Academy Award–nominated documentary offers an urgent warning from history about the dangers of nuclear warfare via the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist and all-around Renaissance man who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb that America unleashed on Japan in the final days of World War II. Through extensive interviews and archival footage, THE DAY AFTER TRINITY traces Oppenheimer’s evolution, from architect of one of the most consequential endeavors of the twentieth century to an outspoken opponent of nuclear proliferation who came to deeply regret his role in ushering in the perils of the atomic age.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-20
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Imminent Threat
2015-09-04
Imminent Threat
Overview: A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discourse. Academy Award nominee James Cromwell presents Janek Ambros' directorial debut. The feature doc tackles the War on Terror's impact on civil liberties and the strange coalition it's creating between the progressive left and libertarian right. The doc examines the NSA, drones, the war on journalism and other encroachments on civil liberties started by the Bush era and expanded by the Democratic establishment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-04
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The Lavender Scare
2019-06-07
The Lavender Scare
Overview: At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-07
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin
1971-06-01
USA: danger from the right. Demoniac from Wisconsin
Overview: Professor Valentin Zorin, political observer of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting, talks about Joseph McCarthy, an American politician, a senator from Wisconsin, who held an extremely anti-communist position, who advocated an intensification of the Cold War with the USSR. The name of McCarthy is associated with a reactionary trend in the political life of the United States of the early 1950s, dubbed "McCarthyism" and consisted in the persecution of people only suspected of sympathizing with communism and not committing any crimes.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
1975-01-01
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
Overview: Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpeting allegations of a vast conspiracy by alleged Communist agents whom he claimed had infiltrated the U.S. government, media, film industry, labor unions and other organizations.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Where's My Roy Cohn?
2019-09-20
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Overview: Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-20
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Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019-09-29
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Overview: Legendary and controversial attorney Roy Cohn was a power broker in the rough and tumble world of New York City business and politics. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s top counsel during investigations into Communist activities in the 1950s, Cohn is also known for being Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, fixer and mentor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-29
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The Soul of America
2020-10-22
The Soul of America
Overview: Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-22
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Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017-11-09
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
Overview: With his naïve air, his rangy and reassuring silhouette, James Stewart symbolizes success, someone who everybody wants to look like. Behind his legendary nonchalance, Robert Mitchum is the figure of the bad boy, the kind-hearted hooligan who anyone would like to have for accomplice. What is the legacy left by these two big myths of the Hollywood cinema and in which way they fed the American dream?
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-09
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RBG
2018-05-04
RBG
Overview: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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Ethel
2012-01-20
Ethel
Overview: Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-20
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Coup 53
2019-09-01
Coup 53
Overview: Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-01
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