할리우드의 황금기였던 1943년, 최고의 몸값을 자랑하던 천재 시나리오 작가 ‘달튼 트럼보(브라이언 크랜스톤)’는 정치 스캔들에 휘말려 블랙리스트에 오르게 된다. 한 순간에 명예와 부 모든 것을 잃게 된 트럼보는 가족을 지키고 계속 글을 쓰기 위해 가짜 필명으로 활동을 시작하는데…
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root." He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance. Intertwining jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz fashions a fascinating discovery of the lost story behind a true American classic. Written by Excerpted from Coolidge Corner Theatre Program Update
Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpeting allegations of a vast conspiracy by alleged Communist agents whom he claimed had infiltrated the U.S. government, media, film industry, labor unions and other organizations. (IMDb)
