Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers

Nascimento : 1934-06-05, Hugo, Oklahoma, USA

História

Bill Moyers is an American journalist and political commentator. He served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary under the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967. He was a director of the Council on Foreign Relations, from 1967 to 1974. He also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years. - Wikipedia

Perfil

Bill Moyers

Filmes

Herb Alpert Is...
Self
From the success of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, through the founding of A&M Records, to giving away more than $150 million to arts and education programs across the country, we’ll witness the humanity and the humility inherent in everything he does, as well as come to understand the power of creativity to entertain, inspire, heal and transform.
Toni Morrison: Partes de Mim
Self (archive footage)
Esta meditação intimista e intimista sobre o lendário contador de histórias examina sua vida, seus trabalhos e os temas poderosos que enfrentou ao longo de sua carreira literária. Toni Morrison lidera uma assembléia de colegas, críticos e colegas em uma exploração da raça, da história, da América e da condição humana.
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Self
Arguably the most influential creator, writer, and producer in the history of television, Norman Lear brought primetime into step with the times. Using comedy and indelible characters, his legendary 1970s shows such as All In the Family, Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons, boldly cracked open dialogue and shifted the national consciousness, injecting enlightened humanism into sociopolitical debates on race, class, creed, and feminism.
Two American Families
Writer
A TV documentary following two American families from 1991 to 2013, chronicling their struggles while trying to maintain their place in the American middle class
Two American Families
Himself
A TV documentary following two American families from 1991 to 2013, chronicling their struggles while trying to maintain their place in the American middle class
Buying the War
Narrator
In 2003, the United States pre-emptively attacked Iraq in a war that would last for eight years claiming an estimated 189,000 lives, costing over $2 trillion and causing untold economic and emotional devastation for the Iraqi people. In this 2007 documentary that originally aired on Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers investigates big media’s role as cheerleader in the clamor for war in the months preceding the March 19, 2003 invasion. How did the mainstream press get it so wrong in the run-up to the Iraq War?
Buying the War
Writer
In 2003, the United States pre-emptively attacked Iraq in a war that would last for eight years claiming an estimated 189,000 lives, costing over $2 trillion and causing untold economic and emotional devastation for the Iraqi people. In this 2007 documentary that originally aired on Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers investigates big media’s role as cheerleader in the clamor for war in the months preceding the March 19, 2003 invasion. How did the mainstream press get it so wrong in the run-up to the Iraq War?
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
A Biography of George Lucas.
Império dos Sonhos: A História da Trilogia Star Wars
Self
A história do making of da Trilogia é tão épica e dramática quanto os próprios filmes. Venha para trás das câmeras e participe da trajetória desde as primeiras versões do roteiro até o lançamento de sucesso dos filmes que mudaram o mundo cinematográfico definitivamente. No documentário mais abrangente de todos os tempos sobre a produção de filmes. explore a criação desta saga, incluindo as dificuldades que George Lucas e sua equipe tiveram que enfrentar para criar a série que poucos acreditavam que poderia ser terminada.
The Mythology of Star Wars
Self
George Lucas discusses how Joseph Campbell and his concept of the Monomyth (aka the Hero's Journey) and other concepts from mythology and religion shaped the Star Wars saga.
Bill T. Jones: Still/Here
Himself
Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here. At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their feelings into expressive movement, which Jones incorporates into the dance performed later in the program. For this documentary, Jones demonstrates the movements of his own life story: his first encounter with white people, confusion over his sexuality, his partner Arnie Zane’s untimely death from AIDS, and Jones’s own HIV-positive status.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Self (uncredited)
A film about the noted American linguist/political dissident and his warning about corporate media's role in modern propaganda.
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
TV mini-series.
The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis
Himself
In the revealing 24 minutes of the PBS video documentary The Secret Government available for free viewing below, host Bill Moyers exposes the inner workings of a secret government much more vast that most people would ever imagine. Though originally broadcast in 1987, it is even more relevant today. Interviews with respected top military, intelligence, and government insiders reveal both the history and secret objectives of powerful groups in the hidden shadows of our government.
A Portrait of Samson Raphaelson
Self
An interview with playwright and screenwriter Samson Raphaelson. First aired on PBS's "Creativity with Bill Moyers".
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Writer
Bill Moyers interviews film director and actor John Huston who discusses his career and the process of filmmaking. Includes a documentary segment on Huston's life, excerpts from some of his films, and an the on-set production of his latest film.
Creativity with Bill Moyers: John Huston
Interviewer
Bill Moyers interviews film director and actor John Huston who discusses his career and the process of filmmaking. Includes a documentary segment on Huston's life, excerpts from some of his films, and an the on-set production of his latest film.
Qualquer outro lugar que não este
Narrator
Este documentário é um episódio de CBS reports, sobre a situação dos pacientes mentais aptos à alta, mas que se vêem empurrados para comunidades despreparadas para tratá-los ou aceitá-los é o foco deste documentário narrado por Bill Moyers. O dilema de ficar com tanto medo de ficar bem como de ficar doente e enfrentar um mundo sem casa ou emprego para ir é vividamente retratado quando o filme acompanha três pacientes enquanto eles se mudam para raros programas de transição.
CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army
Writer
This program examines Cuban exile terrorists living in Miami. These terrorists were secretly trained and employed by the U.S. government in the early 1960s to fight Fidel Castro. Now, without U.S. support, terrorist activities continue in Miami and Latin America. The program reviews secret U.S. policies toward Cuba in the 1960s and includes interviews with Castro and former top CIA officials. Members of this group, formerly secretly trained and employed by U.S. Government until 1967, have been active in Watergate crimes and anti-Castro terrorism including bomb explosion on Cuban Airline killing seventy-three. Includes interviews with Castro, E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, and Rolando Martinez.' - The Paley Center For Media
CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army
As Himself
This program examines Cuban exile terrorists living in Miami. These terrorists were secretly trained and employed by the U.S. government in the early 1960s to fight Fidel Castro. Now, without U.S. support, terrorist activities continue in Miami and Latin America. The program reviews secret U.S. policies toward Cuba in the 1960s and includes interviews with Castro and former top CIA officials. Members of this group, formerly secretly trained and employed by U.S. Government until 1967, have been active in Watergate crimes and anti-Castro terrorism including bomb explosion on Cuban Airline killing seventy-three. Includes interviews with Castro, E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, and Rolando Martinez.' - The Paley Center For Media
Bill Moyers: In Search of the Constitution
Bill Moyers takes a look at the complicated past and present of the U.S. constitution.