Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

History
Documentary

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists

100 minutes
10/04/1983
6.3

Overview

A unique documentary that looks at the political activities of the American Communist Party in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Cast

Oscar Hunter
Oscar HunterHimself - Printer
Rose Podmaka
Rose PodmakaHerself - Steel Mill Worker
Sylvia Woods
Sylvia WoodsHerself - Auto Worker
Howard 'Stretch' Johnson
Howard 'Stretch' JohnsonHimself - College Professor
Bill Bailey
Bill BaileyHimself - Seaman and Longshoreman
Edna Whitehouse
Edna WhitehouseSelf - Legal Secretary
Ruth Maguire
Ruth MaguireSelf - Program Administrator
Stanley Postek
Stanley PostekSelf - Seaman
Dorothy Ray Healey
Dorothy Ray HealeySelf - Party Leader (as Dorothy Healey)
Carl Hirsch
Carl HirschSelf - Writer
Pete Seeger
Pete SeegerSelf - Folksinger
Marge Frantz
Marge FrantzSelf - Southern Activist
Rose Kryzak
Rose KryzakSelf - Actuarial Clerk
Al Prago
Al PragoSelf - Labor Educator
Muriel Eldridge
Muriel EldridgeSelf - Secretary
Flo Lorenz
Flo LorenzVoice over (voice)
Leon Holster
Leon HolsterVoice over (voice) (as Leon Hollster)