Karl Hess: Toward Liberty

Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty
Directed by	Roland Hallé; Peter Ladue
Written by	Peter W. Ladue; Kevin Burns
Produced by	Roland Hallé; Peter Ladue
Starring	Karl Hess
Narrated by	Kevin Burns
Cinematography	John Hoover
Edited by	Loren Miller
Music by	Keith Martin; Don Wilkins, Berklee School of Music
Production; company	Boston University College of Communication
Distributed by	Direct Cinema
Release date	October 1980;
Running time	26 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Karl Hess: Toward Liberty is a 1980 American short documentary film about the anarchist Karl Hess, directed by Roland Hallé and Peter Ladue.^[3] It won an Oscar^[4] in 1981 for Documentary Short Subject.^[5]

Awards[edit]

1980 – Maya Dern Award, Boston University
1980 – FOCUS Student Film Festival, Best Film
1980 – AMPAS Student Film Award, Best Documentary
1981 – Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
1981 – CINE Golden Eagle
1981 – Governor's Award, State of Massachusetts

Cast[edit]

Karl Hess as himself (also archive footage)
Kevin Burns as narrator (voice)
Barry Goldwater as himself (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler as himself (archive footage)
Lyndon Johnson as himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

References[edit]

^ Documentary Winners: 1981 Oscars
^ Fesenmaier, Steve (1980). "Karl Hess: Toward Liberty". Film News. Vol. 37, no. 4. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
^ MUBI
^ 1981|Oscars.org
^ "New York Times: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2008.

External links[edit]

Karl Hess: Toward Liberty at IMDb
Karl Hess: Toward Liberty on YouTube, posted by Peter Ladue
Left-Liberty.net: Toward Liberty

[1] Documentary Winners: 1981 Oscars

[2] Fesenmaier, Steve (1980). "Karl Hess: Toward Liberty". Film News. Vol. 37, no. 4. Retrieved March 28, 2021.

[3] MUBI

[4] 1981|Oscars.org

[NY_Times-5] "New York Times: Karl Hess: Toward Liberty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on March 31, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2008.

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