Holly Near

Holly Near

Nacimiento : 1949-06-06, Ukiah, California, USA

Historia

Holly Near is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.

Perfil

Holly Near

Películas

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Self
A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.
Heartwood
Lucille Burris
When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the town's population out of work, sawmill owner Logan Reeser is the only one who can stand in their way.
La última apuesta
Rose Sr.
San Francisco, 1963. La víspera de su partida a la guerra del Vietnam, un grupo de jóvenes marines realizan una cruel apuesta: cada uno pone 50 dólares. El que acuda con la chica más fea a la fiesta de despedida, se llevará todo el dinero.
The Changer: A Record of the Times
Self
Documentary about the making of The Changer and The Changed, an album recorded by Cris Williamson in 1975 that became one of the icons of women's music.
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners.
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
Self
This vibrant and engaging video profiles the a capella activist group, Sweet Honey in the Rock. Singing to end the oppression of Black people world wide, SWEET HONEY embraces musical styles from spirituals and blues to calypso, and concerns ranging from feminism to ecology, peace and justice. This dynamic video features individual portraits, powerful concert footage and commentary by Angela Davis, Alice Walker and Holly Near.
FTA
Writer
A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called "F.T.A.", which stood for "F**k the Army", and was aimed at convincing soldiers to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time. Various singers, actors and other entertainers performed antiwar songs and skits during the show.
FTA
Self
A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called "F.T.A.", which stood for "F**k the Army", and was aimed at convincing soldiers to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time. Various singers, actors and other entertainers performed antiwar songs and skits during the show.
Matadero Cinco
Barbara
Billy Pilgrim, un veterano de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se encuentra a sí mismo misteriosamente desligado del tiempo, de modo que es capaz de viajar, sin que pueda evitarlo, desde los días de su infancia a aquellos de su peculiar vida en un lejano planeta llamado Tralfamadore, pasando por su amarga experiencia como prisionero de guerra en la ciudad alemana de Dresde, sobre la que se cierne la sombra inevitable de una tragedia inenarrable.
Así habla el amor
Irish
Minnie Moore trabaja en un museo y vive con un hombre que la maltrata. Seymour Moskowitz es un viejo beatnick aparcacoches que no encuentra su lugar en el mundo. No tienen nada en común, excepto su soledad. Se conocen en un parking, cuando Moskowitz defiende a Minnie de la agresión de su acompañante. A pesar de sus diferencias y su amargura, descubren la gran necesidad que tienen el uno del otro.
Los asesinatos de Todd
Norma
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Fran
A 23-year-old Columbia University dropout seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Tara Nicole Steele
The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who take their beliefs of the American ideal to profoundly impossible heights.