AGITPROP! AN EVENING OF SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM & TELEVISION
Talk about noir situations… where democratic institutions and social progress over the past 50 years feel increasingly at risk.
Midcentury Productions humbly requests your presence at a special evening of social justice programming that honors the courageous work of artists who have spoken out during similar times of crisis in America’s past.
We urge you to attend on this very special evening—let’s all fight for our future by honoring those in the past who did the same.
Schedule
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6:00 PM
THE DEFENDERS “The Benefactor”
(First aired April 28,1962) An astonishing look at a pre-Roe v. Wade world, where a principled doctor tries to use his trial on charges of performing illegal abortions as a platform to change the law. The first great social justice episode of a classic socially conscious TV series, the likes of which have not been seen again!
7:30 PM
OPEN SECRET (1948)
Directed by John Reinhardt. John Ireland stars as a man who discovers the “hate crime” underside of America. A riveting “B” picture that calls out ethnic prejudice—rescued from nearly 60 years in obscurity!
9:15 PM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
Directed by Edward Dmytyrk, 70th anniversary! One of the greatest of all “social justice noirs,” featuring noir icons Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame as they reside in a spooky, nocturnal world much different from the usual depiction of the “Land of the Free.” Dmytryk and producer Adrian Scott received prison sentences almost contemporaneously with their Oscar nominations!
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Talk about noir situations… where democratic institutions and social progress over the past 50 years feel increasingly at risk.
Midcentury Productions humbly requests your presence at a special evening of social justice programming that honors the courageous work of artists who have spoken out during similar times of crisis in America’s past.
We urge you to attend on this very special evening—let’s all fight for our future by honoring those in the past who did the same.
Schedule
------
6:00 PM
THE DEFENDERS “The Benefactor”
(First aired April 28,1962) An astonishing look at a pre-Roe v. Wade world, where a principled doctor tries to use his trial on charges of performing illegal abortions as a platform to change the law. The first great social justice episode of a classic socially conscious TV series, the likes of which have not been seen again!
7:30 PM
OPEN SECRET (1948)
Directed by John Reinhardt. John Ireland stars as a man who discovers the “hate crime” underside of America. A riveting “B” picture that calls out ethnic prejudice—rescued from nearly 60 years in obscurity!
9:15 PM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
Directed by Edward Dmytyrk, 70th anniversary! One of the greatest of all “social justice noirs,” featuring noir icons Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame as they reside in a spooky, nocturnal world much different from the usual depiction of the “Land of the Free.” Dmytryk and producer Adrian Scott received prison sentences almost contemporaneously with their Oscar nominations!
AGITPROP! AN EVENING OF SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM & TELEVISION
Talk about noir situations… where democratic institutions and social progress over the past 50 years feel increasingly at risk.
Midcentury Productions humbly requests your presence at a special evening of social justice programming that honors the courageous work of artists who have spoken out during similar times of crisis in America’s past.
We urge you to attend on this very special evening—let’s all fight for our future by honoring those in the past who did the same.
Schedule
------
6:00 PM
THE DEFENDERS “The Benefactor”
(First aired April 28,1962) An astonishing look at a pre-Roe v. Wade world, where a principled doctor tries to use his trial on charges of performing illegal abortions as a platform to change the law. The first great social justice episode of a classic socially conscious TV series, the likes of which have not been seen again!
7:30 PM
OPEN SECRET (1948)
Directed by John Reinhardt. John Ireland stars as a man who discovers the “hate crime” underside of America. A riveting “B” picture that calls out ethnic prejudice—rescued from nearly 60 years in obscurity!
9:15 PM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
Directed by Edward Dmytyrk, 70th anniversary! One of the greatest of all “social justice noirs,” featuring noir icons Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame as they reside in a spooky, nocturnal world much different from the usual depiction of the “Land of the Free.” Dmytryk and producer Adrian Scott received prison sentences almost contemporaneously with their Oscar nominations!
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Talk about noir situations… where democratic institutions and social progress over the past 50 years feel increasingly at risk.
Midcentury Productions humbly requests your presence at a special evening of social justice programming that honors the courageous work of artists who have spoken out during similar times of crisis in America’s past.
We urge you to attend on this very special evening—let’s all fight for our future by honoring those in the past who did the same.
Schedule
------
6:00 PM
THE DEFENDERS “The Benefactor”
(First aired April 28,1962) An astonishing look at a pre-Roe v. Wade world, where a principled doctor tries to use his trial on charges of performing illegal abortions as a platform to change the law. The first great social justice episode of a classic socially conscious TV series, the likes of which have not been seen again!
7:30 PM
OPEN SECRET (1948)
Directed by John Reinhardt. John Ireland stars as a man who discovers the “hate crime” underside of America. A riveting “B” picture that calls out ethnic prejudice—rescued from nearly 60 years in obscurity!
9:15 PM
CROSSFIRE (1947)
Directed by Edward Dmytyrk, 70th anniversary! One of the greatest of all “social justice noirs,” featuring noir icons Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum and Gloria Grahame as they reside in a spooky, nocturnal world much different from the usual depiction of the “Land of the Free.” Dmytryk and producer Adrian Scott received prison sentences almost contemporaneously with their Oscar nominations!
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