In conjunction with Carte Blanche: Women’s Film Preservation Fund, WFPF cofounder Barbara Moss discusses the unique characteristics of the WFPF, and her own work as a filmmaker. A Crime to Fit the Punishment (1982), which Moss codirected with Stephen Mack, investigates the 1954 labor film Salt of the Earth (which is in the MoMA collection) and the attempts by Hollywood and the U.S. government to shut down its production. Salt of the Earth was made during the controversial days of Cold War paranoia, the McCarthy witch hunt, and the dreadful Hollywood blacklist. Following a screening of A Crime to Fit the Punishment, Barbara Moss, Stephen Mack, and Lee Grant join Anne Morra, Associate Curator in the Department of Film, for a discussion.
An Evening With Barbara Moss
Mon, Feb 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
MoMA
Mon, Feb 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m.
MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
- This film accompanies Carte Blanche: Women’s Film Preservation Fund—Women Writing the Language of Cinema.
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