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Jim Klein

Overview

Jim Klein has been an active member of the independent film movement since the early 1970s. He is a founder of the pioneering film distribution co-operative New Day Films and active in the filmmaker organizations that shaped the field. With partner, Julia Reichert, he created such innovative documentaries as Growing Up Female, the first documentary about women from a feminist perspective, which was selected for the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress; Academy Award nominee Union Maids, one of the first oral history films; and Academy Award nominee Seeing Red, a challenging film about American communists. His films Letter to the Next Generation and Taken for a Ride both had national broadcasts on PBS’s flagship POV series.

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Acting

1996 Taken for a Ride Actor Narrator 59
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Directing

1996 Taken for a Ride Directing Director 59
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1990 Letter to the Next Generation Directing Director N/A
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1983 Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists Directing Director 58
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1976 Union Maids Directing Director 59
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1974 Methadone: An American Way of Dealing Directing Director N/A
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1971 Growing Up Female Directing Director 58
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Writing

1971 Growing Up Female Writing Writer 58
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Production

1971 Growing Up Female Production Producer 58
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Editing

2008 Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai Editing Editor 58
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2006 A Lion in the House Editing Editor 59
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1999 The Dream Catcher Editing Editor 58
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1971 Growing Up Female Editing Editor 58
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