Draft:Richard Leopold Wormser

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Not to be confused with novelist of westerns Richard Edward Wormser (1907–1977)

Richard Leopold Wormser (born 1933) is a documentary filmmaker, author, and professor in the United States.[1] He made a PBS documentary about Jim Crow laws and wrote a companion book for it.[2][3] He has written non-fiction books for young adults.

His documentary film subjects include the Elaine massacre, Communist Party in the United States, prison life, and 1968 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago. He is featured in Something about the Author Autobiography Series, Thomson Gale, Detroit, Michigan, Volume 26, 1998.

Writings[edit]

  • Pinkerton: America's First Private Eye, Walker (New York City) (1990)
  • Lifers: Learn the Truth at the Expense of Our Sorrow, Simon & Schuster, New York City (1991), about life in prison[4]
  • Countdown to Crisis: A Look at the Middle East, Simon & Schuster, New York City (1992)
  • The Iron Horse: How Railroads Changed America (1993)[5]
  • Three Faces of Vietnam, F. Watts, New York City, (1993)
  • Growing Up in the Great Depression (1994)[6]
  • The Yellowlegs: The Story of the United States Cavalry (1966)[7]
  • Hoboes: Wandering in America, 1870-1940 (1994)[8]
  • Growing Up in the Great Depression[citation needed]
  • The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow: The African-American Struggle Against Discrimination, 1865-1954
  • The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, a companion to the PBS Television series[9][10]
  • Lifers: Learn the Truth at the Expense of Our Sorrow
  • Juveniles in Trouble Simon & Schuster, New York City (1994)
  • American Islam: Growing up Muslim in America, Walker, New York City (1994)
  • The Titanic, Trumpet Club (1994)[11]
  • American Childhoods: Three Centuries of Youth at Risk, Walker, New York City (1996)
  • To the Young Filmmaker: Conversations with Working Filmmakers, F. Watts, New York City (2002)
  • Defending the Accused: Stories from the Courtroom[12]

Filmography[edit]

  • Toymakers (1963) about the children at Selinsgrove State School and Hospital in Pennsylvania
  • Liberation (1967)
  • The Seasons Change (1968), about the Democratic Party convention in Chicago[13][14]
  • The Other Side of Victory (1976), co-writer
  • The Fight Ministers (1986)
  • Survival in the Sea (1968)[15] a 29-minute documentary[16]
  • The Fighting Ministers (1996)[17][18]
  • Farmville: An American Story (1997)
  • The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow (2002), a four part PBS documentary
  • Elaine Riot: Tragedy and Triumph[19] (2003), about a violent "race riot"
  • The Road to Removal (2004), about Cherokee removal
  • Hubert's World (2006),[20] about a handicapped man
  • Lives in the Balance (2005–2007), about at-risk middle school students
  • Delta Blues (2008) about efforts to revitalize a town on the Mississippi River[19]
  • American Reds: The Failed Revolution (2015) about the Communist Party in the U.S.[21] New York University has a collection of interviews conducted for the film[22]
  • Death for a Juvenile?[23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Richard Wormser | Fordham University - Academia.edu". fordham.academia.edu.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2019–2020: The Storm King School by The Storm King School - Issuu". issuu.com. 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Richard Wormser | Authors". Macmillan.
  4. ^ "Lifers: Learn the Truth at the Expense of Our Sorrow | Office of Justice Programs". www.ojp.gov.
  5. ^ "THE IRON HORSE | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  6. ^ "Growing Up in the Great Depression, by Richard Wormser | Booklist Online" – via www.booklistonline.com.
  7. ^ https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/53/4/805/700989
  8. ^ "Hoboes: Wandering in America, 1870-1940 by Richard Wormser".
  9. ^ "Rise and Fall of Jim Crow by Richard Wormser".
  10. ^ Wormser, Richard (5 February 2004). The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Macmillan. ISBN 9780312313265.
  11. ^ Wormser, Richard (1994). The Titanic. Trumpet Club. ISBN 9780440831136.
  12. ^ Wormser, Richard (March 10, 2001). Defending the accused: stories from the courtroom. F. Watts. ISBN 9780531113783 – via portal.ci.killeen.tx.us.
  13. ^ Staff, Arkansas Times (November 11, 2004). "Reel film festival".
  14. ^ "The Roots of Social Issue Docs: Movement Born in the 1930s Came of Age in the 1960s". International Documentary Association. 30 April 2004.
  15. ^ "Richard Wormser". BFI.
  16. ^ "GABOR SZABO: BACCHANAL". www.dougpayne.com.
  17. ^ "The Fighting Ministers | American Documentary". www.amdoc.org.
  18. ^ "Fighting Ministers | San Francisco Film Festival". history.sffs.org.
  19. ^ a b PBS, Arkansas. "Delta Dreams". Arkansas PBS.
  20. ^ "ACADEMY COLLECTIONS | details". collections.new.oscars.org.
  21. ^ "NEH grant details: American Reds: The Failed Revolution". securegrants.neh.gov.
  22. ^ "Communist Party Oral Histories · American Reds · Digital Tamiment". digitaltamiment.hosting.nyu.edu.
  23. ^ "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. About the Series. About the Filmmakers | PBS". www.thirteen.org.
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