Two fascinating documentaries on one disc! In the first, Anarchism in
America, the filmmakers take a road trip to map anarchism as a
distinctly American tradition, interviewing a diverse cast of
characters: from "ordinary" truckers and farmers to famous anarchists
like Kenneth Rexroth and Ursula LeGuin. The second, The Free Voice of
Labor, traces the history of the Yiddish anarchist newspaper of that
name--publishing it's final issue after 87 years--as told by it's now
elderly, but decidedly unbowed staff.
Steven Fishler and Joel Sucher, since studying with Martin
Scorsese in 1969, have been making Emmy- and Guggenheim award-winning
nonfiction films that explore American social history.