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Jul 26, 2024 · Barbara Kopple is an American director and producer who is best known for her riveting documentaries that chronicle battles in the American labor movement in the 1970s and ’80s. She was the first woman to win two Academy Awards in the documentary category. Her film Harlan County U.S.A. is widely regarded as one of the greatest documentaries of all time.
2 days ago · Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [ 1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company -owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards .
6 days ago · Fish was born in Washington, D.C., to Julia (MacKenzie) and Hamilton Fish IV, a Republican politician and member of the influential Fish family. He attended schools in New York City and Massachusetts, where he graduated from Harvard University in 1973. While at Harvard College in 1971, Fish co-founded the National Movement for the Student Vote ...
22 hours ago · Buck Henry (born Henry Zuckerman; [1] December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director. Henry's contributions to film included his work as a co-writer for Mike Nichols 's The Graduate (1967) for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
Jul 31, 2024 · Barbara Kopple, has been credited with “pioneering a renaissance of cinema vérité”. Winner of two Academy Awards here in this exclusive interview talks about Harlan County, USA, her classic documentary that won the Oscar of the Best Documentary in 1976. Reviewing the film after many years reveals that how much it is about current affairs.
Jul 25, 2024 · Miss Sharon Jones! is a documentary film directed by Barbara Kopple. The film follows the powerful and energetic soul singer Sharon Jones. She was often compared to James Brown due to her vibrant stage presence. The documentary captures a significant period in Jones' life as she battles pancreatic cancer.
Jul 17, 2024 · And when Barbara Kopple—unassuming, brilliant woman—stood up, it changed my life, it really did, because without that I would not have seen the possibility in documentaries. Her husband at the time—Hart Perry, who shot Harlan County USA with her—was the cinematographer on many of my documentaries as well. We were shooting in a women’s ...
