Characters On The Couch

How a psychologist thinks about your favorite Film & TV characters.

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LEO HURWITZ
THE ART OF SEEING 1968-1970
THIS ISLAND
Seeing With Our Hearts

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This Island, a Leo Hurwitz film (Watch Film)- directed and edited by Leo with co-editor Peggy Lawson and cameraman Manfred Kirchheimer – is a film about a museum: The Detroit Institute of Art. But, This Island isn’t just about a museum. It’s about discovering the meaning in art. And, that requires looking deeply and openly …

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THE ART OF SEEING 1968-1970
THIS ISLAND
Seeing With Our Hearts

LEO HURWITZ
NATIVE LAND 1943
Forces Against Labor Rights  

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The Making of Native Land Leo Hurwitz’s Native Land (Watch Film) is a 1942 expose of repressive forces against labor organizing. The film is based on the La Follette Civil Liberties Committee’s (1936-1941) 65 volumes of testimony to the Senate on their investigation. And, the investigation’s results couldn’t be more troubling. The Committee found that …

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NATIVE LAND 1943
Forces Against Labor Rights