She was Flaherty's fixer on his "Louisiana Story" about a boy whose bayou is forever changed by the appearance of an oil rig; it was a very controversial film at the time (1948) because it was financed by Standard Oil of New Jersey in an attempt to resuscitate their reputation in the wake of diesel production used by the Nazi's Luftwaffë but little known to most people.
I have been working on a multidisciplinary TRUTH PROJECT for four years now, spurred on initially by Kelly Ann Conway's assault on the Truth with her specious notion of "alternative Facts", and now with the daily stream of misinformation, disinformation and downright lies. ( the egregious affair in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the most recent disturbing unpatriotic antidemocratic move.) Go to goldmanarts.com to view the many works exploring truth, I think you will enjoy them. I would definitely be interested in your thoughts on my TRUTH PROJECT as I DO intend it and its exhibition, performances on "waterways and highways from Boston to D.C. Best, in all you do-- YOU are the patriot here.
I have to say I love getting these posts. Having been a former Concordian on the parade round for the 19th was a trip when we lived in that town with small kids. But it all makes me reflect on some of the basic tenets of patriotism and the resonance it has had with my family. My grandmother, Lucy Lemann, moved with her daughter, my mother Mary from New Orleans because as a Jew she felt excluded from much of the social life of that city and she couldn't stand the racism. They moved to Manhattan. She was always outspoken and to the Ellsberg notion of patriotism, she purchased the footage shot by a Japanese doctor in the days following the atomic bombing from the CIA in 1972.
was made in to the landmark short-form film HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI 1945. The film was shown in schools nationwide and in Woods Hole every summer in August at Lillie Auditorium to commemorate the effects of the bombing. As a result, she was placed on Nixon's notorious "enemies list" and the IRS subsequently harassed my mother and my uncle, Dr. Jack Lemann. ( shades of what is happening now ). Surviving that and the stalwart nature of her being a forceful woman (with a degree from Radcliffe) she was memorable in all terms patriotic. Trained in Vienna as a singer with the same woman that taught Paul Robeson in the adjacent rehearsal room reflected her being constantly around people who were we would consider patriotic. Like Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North, Louisiana Story) often considered the father of the American Documentary.
She was Flaherty's fixer on his "Louisiana Story" about a boy whose bayou is forever changed by the appearance of an oil rig; it was a very controversial film at the time (1948) because it was financed by Standard Oil of New Jersey in an attempt to resuscitate their reputation in the wake of diesel production used by the Nazi's Luftwaffë but little known to most people.
I have been working on a multidisciplinary TRUTH PROJECT for four years now, spurred on initially by Kelly Ann Conway's assault on the Truth with her specious notion of "alternative Facts", and now with the daily stream of misinformation, disinformation and downright lies. ( the egregious affair in El Salvador with Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the most recent disturbing unpatriotic antidemocratic move.) Go to goldmanarts.com to view the many works exploring truth, I think you will enjoy them. I would definitely be interested in your thoughts on my TRUTH PROJECT as I DO intend it and its exhibition, performances on "waterways and highways from Boston to D.C. Best, in all you do-- YOU are the patriot here.
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I have to say I love getting these posts. Having been a former Concordian on the parade round for the 19th was a trip when we lived in that town with small kids. But it all makes me reflect on some of the basic tenets of patriotism and the resonance it has had with my family. My grandmother, Lucy Lemann, moved with her daughter, my mother Mary from New Orleans because as a Jew she felt excluded from much of the social life of that city and she couldn't stand the racism. They moved to Manhattan. She was always outspoken and to the Ellsberg notion of patriotism, she purchased the footage shot by a Japanese doctor in the days following the atomic bombing from the CIA in 1972.
was made in to the landmark short-form film HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI 1945. The film was shown in schools nationwide and in Woods Hole every summer in August at Lillie Auditorium to commemorate the effects of the bombing. As a result, she was placed on Nixon's notorious "enemies list" and the IRS subsequently harassed my mother and my uncle, Dr. Jack Lemann. ( shades of what is happening now ). Surviving that and the stalwart nature of her being a forceful woman (with a degree from Radcliffe) she was memorable in all terms patriotic. Trained in Vienna as a singer with the same woman that taught Paul Robeson in the adjacent rehearsal room reflected her being constantly around people who were we would consider patriotic. Like Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North, Louisiana Story) often considered the father of the American Documentary.