Helen Whitney
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Helen Whitney is an award-winning American documentary filmmaker and producer.[1] She produced a documentary called American Inquisition, which became the subject of a very famous case about First Amendment rights.
American Inquisition examined how McCarthyism had affected the small town of Fairmont, West Virginia.[2] Journalist Victor Lasky sued ABC over his depiction in the show.[3]
The central issue was whether Lasky had accused Luella Mundel at an American Legion meeting in 1951 of being a Communist. Mundel was the head of the art department of Fairmont State College in Fairmont, West Virginia.[4] In this environment, the question alone reportedly led to her termination and blacklisting. She later attempted suicide. Lasky maintained that the program inaccurately reported that he had called Mundel a Communist.[citation needed]
Helen Whitney’s most recently released documentary is Forgiveness: A Time to Love, A Time to Hate which aired on PBS in two parts on April 17 and April 24, 2011. Forgiveness explores the act of forgiveness through a wide range of stories, from personal betrayal and the aftermath of murder and physical assault to the post-genocidal reconciliation of nations (Germany and Rwanda). In focusing on specific instances of affliction Forgiveness studies the psychological impetus and impacts of this crucial sentiment, illuminating its power, its limitations and, in some cases, its dangers.
Other work includes the following documentaries:
- The Mormons (PBS Frontline, 240 minutes)
- Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero (PBS Frontline, 120 minutes)
- John Paul II: The Millennial Pope (PBS Frontline, 150 minutes)
- The Choice '96- (PBS Frontline, 120 minutes)
- Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (PBS American Masters, 90 minutes)
- Society: Class In Great Britain (Turner Network, 60 minutes)
- They Have Souls Too (ABC Close-Up, 60 minutes)
- American Inquisition (ABC Close-Up, 60 minutes)
- The Monastery (ABC Close-Up, 90 minutes)
- Homosexuals (ABC Close-Up, 60 minutes)
- Youth Terror: The View From Behind The Gun (ABC Close-Up, 60 minutes)
- First Edition (PBS, 30 minutes)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Helen Whitney on BlogTalk Radio about her book Forgiveness
- helenwhitney.com
- Review of "The Mormons"
- NY Times Review of "The Mormons"
[edit] References
- ^ Abrams, Floyd (2005). Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment. Viking Adult. p. 153. ISBN 0670033758.
- ^ Abrams, Floyd (2005). Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment. Viking Adult. pp. 153–58. ISBN 0670033758.
- ^ Geoffrey Stone, Supreme Court Tales From the Pleading Side of the Bench (book review), New York Times, April 16, 2005, via University of Chicago School of Law @ Law.UChicago.edu.
- ^ Abrams, Floyd (2005). Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment. Viking Adult. p. 154. ISBN 0670033758.
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