Blacklisted: An American Story / "Prying Eyes: Prelude to the Hollywood Blacklist" Exhibition Intro

Описание: Blacklisted: An American Story
On view June 13, 2025 – November 2, 2025

In 1947, the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) called Hollywood figures to testify about allegations of communist propaganda in American films. Although the committee never found any evidence, it held ten of the writers and directors in contempt of Congress. The Ten were fined and sentenced to prison. Hollywood responded by creating a blacklist of those implicated in the proceedings, becoming the first mass employer to adopt a policy against employees whose political beliefs ran counter to prevailing orthodoxies.

"Blacklisted: An American Story" explores the intersection of politics, art, culture, and social dynamics during Hollywood’s Red Scare through photographs, objects, and film. Personal narratives of the blacklisted “Hollywood Ten,” members of Congress, and film executives reveal different approaches to what it means to be a patriotic American. The exhibition also explores how Broadway and New York’s theatre community responded at a time when art and creative expression were no longer protected.

This video created by the Jewish Museum Milwaukee provides an introduction to the exhibition.


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