Strange Victory

Name: Strange Victory
Director: Leo Hurwitz
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1948-09-25
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Alfred Drake, Muriel Smith, Gary Merrill, Saul Levitt

IMDb link: 0469835
IMDb rating: 7.5 (143 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Leo Hurwitz
Cast: Alfred Drake, Muriel Smith, Gary Merrill, Saul Levitt and others

Release date: 25 Sep 1948
Release year: 1948
Runtime: 71 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: year 1948, 1940s, 20th century

Plot:

"Strange Victory" is about racial bias in post World War II America. Folowing "Native Land" in Leo Hurwitz' filmography, it uses some of the same techniques: dramatized scenes interspersed with scenes of compilation news reel footage, and scenes of evocative imagery. An epilogue about the civil rights movement, added in 1964 makes the arc of the film more complete.

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