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Please consider... > I have been a documentary filmmaker for the past 35 years and a Ph.D. in > American Studies. My films are (usually but not always) about the past > with links to the present. Some of them are with my talented co-filmmaker > Deb Ellis (The FBI’s War on Black America and Howard Zinn: You Can’t be > Neutral on a Moving Train.) And, our newest film* Peace Has No Borders *that > follows an activist struggle in Canada fighting to allow American Iraq War > Resisters to stay in their country. While taking place in the present it > has a strong link to the Vietnam War. My other work includes films about > Nelson Algren and J. Edgar Hoover has all had their roots in the past so > when I see no historical reference in our news telecasts. An example that > we intend to correct in this project is the Roy Cohn connection to Donald > Trump so I began to think about what seems to be lacking in the documentary > world and our news. > > > > I want to create a series of 50-minute set of films that would seem like > I.F. Stone meets Howard Zinn done in a short documentary. I have thousands > of hours have PD footage and footage of my own so I decided to do something > and use my skill as a film researcher. *The 1% War on Black America* would > be the first of this type. These are short classroom length films designed > explain the context of an issue. I followed Howard Zinn around for years > and what he did that is sorely lacking today was to talk about past events > and what are their links to the present so the attack on voting rights is > the first of a series that I want to produce because no one talks about the > obvious links to history. > > > > The One Percent War on Black America > > > > The attack that is taking place as we speak on voting rights is the most > severe since reconstruction. Recent analysis shows it may have swayed the > election but it is not a headline story or it is presented as a legit claim*. > The One Percent’s War on Black America* is short 50-minute film, which > will exposé this and traces its roots of the return to hating back to the > John Birch Society of the 1950’s. It is not an accident that we have Trump > or the attacks on voting. It has been a process and a more sinister process > than could ever be imagined led by some of America’s biggest foundations. > > > > *The One Percent War on Black America* follows several stories that come > to a head by the end of the film. These are the GOP turn away from a party > that supported civil rights to what they are today with the help of several > foundations who evolved out of the John Birch Society and their sons and > the weapons industry that finally caused the undemocratic vision of Donald > Trump. How did we get here? How is this happening? This will be the thrust > of the film and how people are fighting back. > > > > The story goes back and forth from the days of the John Birch Society and > Fred Koch, the Bradley Foundation and the conservative movement of that era > that including two American Presidents to the present day. They fought > against civil rights and voting rights all their life. The One Percent War > follows the defeat of Barry Goldwater and the advent of “the Southern > Strategy”. It unmasks how Nixon used the 1968 civil rights act along with > racist code words to ride to the presidency but saw how his agenda was > blocked by the Liberal appointments of Lyndon Johnson, which ultimately led > to what was called the *Powell Memorandum *that became a blueprint for > the attacks on minorities and militarism. > > > > Shifting gears we reveal how the Bradley Foundation and the Koch brothers > have laced the groundwork for the revival of racism exploited by Donald > Trump and a willing right wing media. Things changed dramatically in > 1985, when the Allen-Bradley Company was sold to Rockwell International, a > leading defense and aerospace conglomerate, for a whopping $1.651 billion. > The Foundation benefited heavily from the sale, seeing its assets shoot up > overnight from less than $14 million to more than $290 million, catapulting > it into the ranks of the country's largest foundations. At that point its > name was changed to the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, to publicly > separate it from the company. Flush with new money and an understanding > that they were now poised to play a more national role, foundation trustees > decided it was time to hire a professional to run the organization and he > found Charles Murray and the “Bell Curve”. > > > > The book argued that poverty is the result, not of social conditions or > policies, but of the inferior genetic traits of a sub-class of human > beings. The book was widely seen as a piece of profoundly racist and > classist pseudo-science, and was denounced by the American Psychological > Association. It had relied heavily on studies financed by the Pioneer Fund, > a neo-Nazi organization that promoted eugenicist research. Immediately > after its publication, Bradley has funded Murray ever since. What we > show is how willing the press has been to the present day to let Murray > speak without challenging his credentials. This institutional racism is at > the heart of the One percent war and drives the narrative. > > > > Part of the long-term success of modern GOP grew out of opposition to the > civil rights gains of the 1960s can be easily traced to the development of > a network of right-wing funders and well-funded institutions starting in > the mid-1970s. For example, in 1973, legendary right-wing activist Paul > Weyrich co-founded both the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) > and the Heritage Foundation where its founder thundered against the idea of > the one-man-one vote. > > > > Among the groups that we do know is contributing to Donors Trust who > funnels the money to right wing hate groups is the Wisconsin-based Lynde > and Harry Bradley Foundation, The Bradley Foundation is no stranger to > issues of voter suppression. In 2010 the group funded the “Voter Fraud is a > Crime” and provided money to groups designed to keep people from voting. > We show how their work in Wisconsin does not bode well for the future > and the rise of Donald Trump and how he is in many ways the result of years > of hatred. > > > > I have collected lists and propose to do much the same as IF Stone did > only on Video. The modern era allows one to bypass certain gatekeepers. The > program I propose will never be shown on PBS but the way to reach young > people and a new audience is through the Internet. Donations can be sent > via email to PayPal or send a check to: > > > Denis Mueller > > 1197 North Avenue > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1197+North+Avenue+Burlington+Vermont+05408&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Burlington Vermont > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1197+North+Avenue+Burlington+Vermont+05408&entry=gmail&source=g> > > 05408 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1197+North+Avenue+Burlington+Vermont+05408&entry=gmail&source=g> > > dmueller...@gmail.com > > > > > > -- Check out my newest books *Still Tripping in the Dark <http://stillhomeron.blogspot.com/2018/01/if-you-have-never-read-any-of-my-essays.html> *,* Capitalism <http://stillhomeron.blogspot.com/2017/02/fomite-interrogations.html>, and Daydream Sunset:60s Counterculture in the 70s <http://daydreamsunset.blogspot.com/> * _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
