The Hollywood Ten (1950)

"Who were the Hollywood Ten? This 1950 documentary gives us a closer look at the ten blacklisted film writers and directors who defied the government and the sentiments of their day by refusing to testify during the HUAC anti-Communist hearings. John Berry, who directed the documentary, was blacklisted himself upon its release." (Ironweed Films)

Red Leaves of Red Books

Turn
….…Red leaves of red books
Turn
….…In white palms and black palms
Turn
….…Slowly in the mute hours of the night
Turn
….…In the fingers of women and the fingers of men
….…In the fingers of the old and the fingers of the young
Turn
….…Under the nervous flickering of candles
….…Under yellow gas sputterings
….…Under dim incandescent globes
Turn
….…In the North and in the South
….…In the East and in the West
Turn
….…Ceaselessly and reveal your printed hope
Turn
….…Until your crispness leaves you
….…Until you are dog-eared
….…Until the calloused hands that grip you
Are hardened to the steel of unretractable purpose!

Richard Wright

From New Masses, April 30, 1935