The best David Strathairn’s documentary movies
Today we present the best David Strathairn’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best David Strathairn’s movies.
Love, Marilyn
7.2/10
Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote estates who have contributed more material, each of the actresses will embody the legend at various stages in her life.
Trumbo
7.4/10
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by
The People Speak
7.3/10
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
Lincoln@Gettysburg
8.2/10
An examination of how President Abraham Lincoln used contemporary telecommunications to his maximum advantage in the American Civil War.
The Gettysburg Address
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous speech, separating fact from fiction along the way. Lincoln's greater journey to Gettysburg is chronicled, from his early anti-slavery sentiments as a poor farmer's son to his rousing orations as one of America's greatest leaders.
Them That Work
6.1/10
This documentary is about the impact left by John Sayles’ 1987 film MATEWAN, about a shooting between company gun thugs and union organizers in Southern West Virginia.
Along with a lasting legacy of support for union rights, the film inspired many West Virginians to become filmmakers and introduced the world to many great actors.
