"Black List" A Truth to be Told
by Cheo Tapia @cheot505
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This project was created by me for a proposal Pilot for a media platform
The story goes when government persecuted artist and actors filmmakers as members of communist party
In 1947, a Congressional committee began investigating Communist influences in Hollywood.
The United States government responded by creating the ( HUAC ) the House Un-American Activities Committee. Over a hundred prominent witness were been question " Are you or have you been a member of the Communist Party?" 10 of them were convicted of obstructing the investigation and serve jail time. History explain that the First Amendment Rights were violated. Then Hollywood started a black list policy banning the work of about 325 screenwriters, directors, actors, musicians, and more.
In 1961 Supreme Court upheld an order that require the Communist Party of the United States to register as a "Communist-action organization under the act "Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board" (1965) declared that registration of an individual amounted to self-incrimination and violated the Fifth Amendment
Some of them were able to keep working under the government eye...
2 comments
cheot505
PlusGreat learning from this Course in Filmmaking from Domestic..
diegohumanista
There were some nice shots, and the idea behind is good. But I would like to point a couple of things that could be better, if I may, as a simple viewer.
One, is that the long text on the beginning it's not adequate for these times. Maybe a narrator could say this.
Second, although this is a pilot episode, it should have its own structure, being auto-contained. Maybe a little more seconds of setting the story or the conflict.
I hope this can be useful for you, and encourage you to keep going. :-)
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