Abstract

Reelpolitics

This article presents information on progressive films. It is informed that Invisible Revolution, a documentary film directed by Beverly Peterson draws the audiences attention to the issue of racism in the U.S. The main objective of making the above mentioned film was to inspire the politicians to rally behind a comprehensive statewide hate-crimes bill that was to be voted shortly. Peterson-- who shot her him on Betacam for roughly dollar 85,000 of mostly her own money, with some small grants and a research fellowship-- has high hopes that her film may influence other such fights throughout the country. It is further informed that progressive filmmaking is not new. It draws on a long history going back to the documentaries of the New Deal and the films of the New Left film collectives Newsreel and Pacific Street Films in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.