Seeing Red.
Cecil Holmes was a young talented New Zealander, born in Palmerston North, who became caught up in New Zealand's own “red scare”. Having seen service he had had a “good war” Holmes returned to Wellington, his eyes opened about the world. A film enthusiast, he worked at the newly formed Nati...
| Format: | Video |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
| Published: |
[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Annie Goldson,
1995.
Kanopy Streaming, 2018. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video |
| Summary: | Cecil Holmes was a young talented New Zealander, born in Palmerston North, who became caught up in New Zealand's own “red scare”. Having seen service he had had a “good war” Holmes returned to Wellington, his eyes opened about the world. A film enthusiast, he worked at the newly formed National Film Unit, established to provide news on the war efforts, abroad and at home, and to document the post-war recovery.. But Holmes, a man of the Left, baulked at the tight controls exercised by the Labour Government and made works with a strong editorial flavour. A union member who belonged to the Communist Party, Holmes was targeted in an anti-Communist sweep that attempted to blame extremists for widespread industrial unrest. Using reenactments, interviews and archives, SEEING RED depicts New Zealand's own mid-century anti-Communist witch-hunt carried out as our national film industry began to emerge.. Official Selection: Sydney International Film Festival, |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (50 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 00:49:07 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |