Studs Terkel
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2203 |
| Birthday | 1912-05-16 |
| Place of Birth | New York, New York, U.S |
| Also Known As | Louis Terkel, |
1988
Eight Men Out
6.881/270
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching...
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Eight Men Out
1982
The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
7.8/5
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group The Weavers, and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
1984
The Dollmaker
7.667/15
During World War II, hard-luck farmer Colvis Nevels leaves his rural Kentucky home to take a factory job in bustling Detroit. Reluctantly accompanying...
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The Dollmaker
1997
The Big One
6.677/86
The Big One is an investigative documentary from director Michael Moore who goes around the country asking why big American corporations produce their...
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The Big One
2021
Algren
6/1
Algren will spotlight the hard-knock life and authentic creative legacy of one of the most underrated writers of the twentieth century, Nelson Algren....
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Algren
1985
Studs Terkel's Chicago
0/0
This documentary features acclaimed Chicagoan broadcaster and Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel talking about the value of oral history and the voice...
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Studs Terkel's Chicago
2006
Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
0/0
This 90 minute, 3-act documentary details the rise & fall of Maxwell Street, Chicago's great outdoor market, the birthplace of the electric blues and...
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Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street
1997
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
10/2
Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a s...
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Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
2007
Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago
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Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2009, 109 min) is a documentary on LGBTQ life in Chicago from 1934 to 1974. Moving...
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Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago
2005
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
6.429/7
On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an unforgettable homage to the end of war in Europe. This film shines...
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A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2009
Studs Terkel: Listening to America
5.5/3
For over 60 years, Studs Terkel elevated the voices and experiences of everyday Americans through his skillful interviews on radio, in books and on TV...
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Studs Terkel: Listening to America
1992
Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union
10/1
Harry Bridges: A Man and his Union chronicles the life of one of America's most important and controversial left-wing labor leader. He headed the Inte...
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Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union
2009
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
0/0
In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With th...
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Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
1984
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
5.357/7
This documentary examines the experiences of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, using interviews with survivors more than 50 years later. First, the film se...
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The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
1972
Chicago Blues
0/0
Harley Cokeliss's Chicago Blues filmed in 1972 was a remarkable film; remarkable in that it was not just a competent documentary but a film crafted wi...
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Chicago Blues
2015
Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...
0/0
An in-depth feature length documentary of one of America's greatest and least understood authors, Nelson Algren. This never before told compelling lif...
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Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All...
1982
Working
4.8/5
This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a s...
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Working
1992
To Write and Keep Kind
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A PBS documentary on the life and work of writer Raymond Carver. It features interviews with his family and friends, and provides an insightful look a...
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To Write and Keep Kind
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
7.161/28
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
1997
Anthem
5.4/5
When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply...
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Anthem
1989
Ridin' the Dog
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The world-famous Greyhound bus is almost as old as the Wild West. It is a symbol of North America, of progress, and of nostalgia. Reporter Studs Terk...
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Ridin' the Dog
1996
Corwin
8/1
Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy...
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Corwin
1985
Interviews With Interviewers… About Interviewing
0/0
Professional interviewers talk about the art of interviewing.
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Interviews With Interviewers… About Interviewing
1998
Halsted Street, USA
0/0
This documentary takes the viewer on a journey along Halsted Street, from the southern tip of Illinois, north through various Chicago neighborhoods, t...
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