James Baker III

Birth : 1930-04-28, Houston, Texas

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Addison Baker, III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney, politician and political advisor. Baker served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagan's first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H. W. Bush. Baker also served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1985-1988 in the second Reagan administration, and Secretary of State in the George H. W. Bush administration. He is also the namesake of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Baker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Stars and Strife

Self

Examines how an epidemic of hatred has left America helpless in the face of crisis—and how a return to empathy can save us.

Meeting Gorbachev

Self

Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the talks to reduce nuclear weapons, the reunification of Germany and the dissolution of his country.

Countdown to Zero

Self

A documentary about the escalating nuclear arms race.

Anatomy of a Disaster: Explosion at BP Texas City Refinery

Himself

This U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) video uses expert testimony and computer-animated reenactments to describe and discuss its detailed investigation into the March 23 2005 explosion of the ISOM (isomerization) unit at the BP (British Petroleum) refinery at Texas City, Texas. The explosion killed 15 workers, injured 180 others, and cost BP billions of dollars.

...So Goes the Nation

Self (archive footage)

A look at the role of the Buckeye State in the 2004 Presidential Election.

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election

Self (archive footage)

Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story about the battle for the presidency in Florida and the undermining of democracy in America. Filmmakers Richard Ray Perez and Joan Sekler examine modern America’s most controversial political contest: the 2000 election of George W. Bush. What emerges is a disturbing picture of an election marred by suspicious irregularities, electoral injustices, and sinister voter purges in a state governed by the winning candidate’s brother. This 2004 Campaign Edition features new commentary by Danny Glover and a new segment on the dangers of electronic voting machines.

Als die Mauer fiel: 50 Stunden, die die Welt veränderten

Self

A detailed reconstruction of the events from Nov. 9th to 11th, 1989, which led to the Berlin wall tumbling down, on a local, national and international level.

Reagan

Himself

In 1988, after two terms in office, Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the twentieth century -- and one of the most controversial. A failed actor, Reagan became a passionate ideologue who preached a simple gospel of lower taxes, less government, and anti-communism.