{"id":38365,"date":"2017-02-08T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T21:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38365"},"modified":"2020-11-22T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T16:50:55","slug":"seeing-red-1983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38365","title":{"rendered":"Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (1983)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t call me a former Communist, call me a former party member &#8212; because I&#8217;m still a communist, small c, in terms of wanting a cooperatively, communally controlled society where everybody has something to say about their life.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Poster-160x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Poster-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Poster-68x128.jpg 68w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Poster.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nFormer and current American Communist Party members speak about their involvement in this controversial political movement.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#documentaries\">Documentaries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/genres.html#revolutionaries\">Revolutionaries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis Oscar-nominated documentary offers a humanizing glimpse into the lives and convictions of diverse American Communists, both before and after <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee\">HUAC<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties&#8221;<\/a> &#8212; reached its zenith in the 1950s. As one interviewee explains, &#8220;I saw the Communist Party as a way of getting rid of an insane, erratic, irrational politic-economic system and bring into existence a rational, humane, humanistic society &#8212; socialism.&#8221; In addition to learning why American Communists felt so passionately about their cause, we hear their responses to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De-Stalinization\">Nikita Khrushchev&#8217;s condemnation of Stalin in a 1956 speech<\/a>, which rattled most die-hard Communists to their core and was clearly responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Communist_Party_USA#Party_in_crisis_.281956.E2.80.931989.29\">rapid decline in party membership<\/a>. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/07\/04\/millennials_are_ripe_for_socialism_a_generation_is_rising_up_again_partner\/\">socialism once again on the rise in America<\/a> &#8212; and our collective memory notoriously short &#8212; this film remains an especially useful archival resource to consider. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Informative archival footage and interviews<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Interview.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Interview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Interview.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Interview-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Interview-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival1.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival1-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival3.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival3-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival4.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival4-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival5.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival5-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Seeing-Red-Archival5-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s definitely worth a look for historical purposes. Your best bet for finding a copy is at your local public or university library.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086273\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?res=9907E4D8163BF937A35753C1A965948260\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t call me a former Communist, call me a former party member &#8212; because I&#8217;m still a communist, small c, in terms of wanting a cooperatively, communally controlled society where everybody has something to say about their life.&#8221; Synopsis: Former and current American Communist Party members speak about their involvement in this controversial political movement. Genres: Documentaries Revolutionaries Review: This Oscar-nominated documentary offers a humanizing glimpse into the lives and convictions of diverse American Communists, both before and after HUAC&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38365\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38365"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53819,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38365\/revisions\/53819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}