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'''Saul Landau''' (January 15, 1936 – September 9, 2013) was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a ] at ], where he taught history and digital media. He was born in the Bronx, New York.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sam Whiting |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Saul-Landau-documentary-filmmaker-dies-4807009.php |title=Saul Landau - documentary filmmaker - dies |publisher=SFGate |date=September 11, 2013 |accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref> '''Saul Landau''' (January 15, 1936 – September 9, 2013) was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a ] at ], where he taught history and digital media.


==Education== == Education ==
A graduate of Manhattan's ], he also earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the ].<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Saul Landau, Maker of Films With Leftist Edge, Dies at 77|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/arts/saul-landau-maker-of-films-with-leftist-edge-dies-at-77.html?pagewanted=1&hpw|accessdate=12 September 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 September 2013}}</ref> Landau was born in ], New York City.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sam Whiting |url=http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Saul-Landau-documentary-filmmaker-dies-4807009.php |title=Saul Landau – documentary filmmaker – dies |publisher=SFGate |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> A graduate of Manhattan's ], he also earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the ].<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|title=Saul Landau, Maker of Films With Leftist Edge, Dies at 77|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/arts/saul-landau-maker-of-films-with-leftist-edge-dies-at-77.html?pagewanted=1&hpw|access-date=September 12, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 11, 2013}}</ref>


He donated his early papers and films to the ] Center for Film and Television Research.<ref> '']'' of Madison, December 16, 2006</ref> He donated his early papers and films to the ] Center for Film and Television Research.<ref> {{dead link|date=June 2023}}
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==Career== == Career ==
Landau authored 14 books,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saullandau.com/ |title=Saul Landau / Bio |publisher=Saullandau.com |date= |accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref> produced and directed over 50 documentary films,<ref>http://saullandau.com></ref> and wrote editorial columns<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saullandau.wordpress.com/ |title=Saul Landau's Blog |publisher=Saullandau.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref> including for the ] <ref>Progreso Weekly {{cite web |url=http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-06-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131013200427/http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso |archivedate=October 13, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}=Landau&otherweek=1169704800, ]. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saul-landau/syria-intervention_b_1594036.html</ref> Landau authored 14 books,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saullandau.com/ |title=Saul Landau / Bio |publisher=Saullandau.com |date= |access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> produced and directed over 50 documentary films,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://saullandau.com/ |title=Saul Landau / Bio |access-date=June 22, 2006 |archive-date=December 6, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051206010859/http://saullandau.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and wrote editorial columns<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saullandau.wordpress.com/ |title=Saul Landau's Blog |publisher=Saullandau.wordpress.com |date= |access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> including for the '']''.<ref> {{dead link|date=June 2023}}
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Landau was a member of the ].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lambe |first1=Jennifer |title=The Revolution’s Fourth Face on the Fourth Network: Feuding over Cuba on U.S. Educational Television, 1959– 1970 |journal=Journal of American History |date=2020 |volume=107 |issue=3 |pages=636-57}}</ref>
He frequently appeared on radio and TV shows.<ref>{{cite web |author=Insert current time |url=http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-11-2012?start=0 |title=Democracy Now! June 11, 2012 - LinkTV World News |publisher=News.linktv.org |accessdate=September 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130415061834/http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-11-2012?start=0 |archivedate=April 15, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


] said, "Saul Landau is a man I love to steal ideas from."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tni.org/users/saul-landau |title=Transnational Institute &#124; Saul Landau |publisher=Tni.org |date= |accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref> He frequently appeared on radio and TV shows.<ref>{{cite web |author=|url=http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-11-2012?start=0 |title=Democracy Now! June 11, 2012 – LinkTV World News |publisher=News.linktv.org |access-date=September 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130415061834/http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-11-2012?start=0 |archivedate=April 15, 2013 }}</ref>


] said, "Saul Landau is a man I love to steal ideas from."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tni.org/users/saul-landau |title=Transnational Institute &#124; Saul Landau |publisher=Tni.org |date= |access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref>
⚫ Landau was a fellow of the ] (IPS) in Washington, D.C. and a senior fellow and former director of the ] in Amsterdam.<ref>The Institute for Policy Studies http://ips-dc.org</ref>


⚫ Landau was a fellow of the ] (IPS) in Washington, D.C. and a senior fellow and former director of the ] in Amsterdam.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ips-dc.org/|title=Home|website=Institute for Policy Studies|access-date=June 10, 2023}}</ref>
⚫ He received an ] for his film '']'' (1980), which he co-directed with Jack Willis, with cinematography by Academy Award-winning filmmaker ].<ref>{{cite web|author=Insert current time |url=http://haskellwexler.com/WP/?page_id=429=0 |title=Haskell Wexler's filmography |date= |accessdate=September 17, 2013}}</ref> He won the ] 1981 for "Best Fact Crime"<ref>TheEdgars.com, (entry misspelt as "Saul Landeau")</ref> for ''Assassination on Embassy Row'' (with ]; Pantheon 1980) about the murder of TNI Director ] and their colleague and friend Ronnie Karpen-Moffitt. He received the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award for his life's contribution to human rights and also received the Bernado O'Higgins award.


⚫ He received an ] for his film '']'' (1980), which he co-directed with Jack Willis, with cinematography by Academy Award-winning filmmaker ].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://haskellwexler.com/WP/?page_id=429=0 |title=Haskell Wexler's filmography|website=Haskellwexler.com |date= |access-date=September 17, 2013}}</ref> He won the ] 1981 for "Best Fact Crime"<ref>TheEdgars.com, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404232840/http://theedgars.com/edgarsDB/index.php |date=April 4, 2019 }} (entry misspelt as "Saul Landeau")</ref> for ''Assassination on Embassy Row'' (with ]; Pantheon 1980) about the murder of TNI Director ] and their colleague and friend Ronnie Karpen-Moffitt. He received the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award for his life's contribution to human rights and also received the Bernado O'Higgins award.
⚫ In the early 1960s, he was a member of the ] and wrote the play "The Minstrel Show."<ref>Mime Troupe Archives http://www.sfmt.org/company/archives/minstrel/minstrel.php</ref> At that time he was also working as a film distributor.<ref>"Berkeley, UC Ban French Film", ''Oakland Tribune'', November 25, 1964</ref>

⚫ In the early 1960s, he was a member of the ] and wrote the play "The Minstrel Show."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sfmt.org/company/archives/minstrel/minstrel.php |title=1965: The Minstrel Show -- or Civil Rights in a Cracker Barrel - San Francisco Mime Troupe - America's Theater of Political Comedy |access-date=June 15, 2012 |archive-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115001759/http://www.sfmt.org/company/archives/minstrel/minstrel.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> At that time he was also working as a film distributor.<ref>"Berkeley, UC Ban French Film", ''Oakland Tribune'', November 25, 1964</ref>


Landau donated his Latin American-related films and papers to the ] Libraries in 2005. Landau donated his Latin American-related films and papers to the ] Libraries in 2005.


==Death== == Death ==
Landau died after battling ] for two years on September 9, 2013 at his home in ]. He was 77.<ref>{{cite news|title=DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER SAUL LANDAU DIES|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/documentary-filmmaker-saul-landau-dies|work=Associated Press|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref> Landau died after battling ] for two years on September 9, 2013, at his home in ]. He was 77.<ref>{{cite news|title=DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER SAUL LANDAU DIES|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/documentary-filmmaker-saul-landau-dies|agency=Associated Press|access-date=September 10, 2013}}</ref>


==Films== == Films ==
Landau's films are distributed by Round World Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roundworldproductions.com|title=Roundworldproductions.com|website=www.roundworldproductions.com}}</ref> His 1968 film "Fidel" is distributed by Microcinema. Landau's films are distributed by Round World Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roundworldproductions.com|title=Round World Productions|website=Roundworldproductions.com}}</ref> His 1968 film "Fidel" is distributed by Microcinema.


* ''Losing just the same'' (1966) * ''Losing just the same'' (1966)
* ''Fidel'' (1968) * ''Fidel'' (1968)
* ''From Protest to Resistance'' (1968) * ''From Protest to Resistance'' (1968)
* '']/What is to be Done?'' (1971) - Saul Landau, ], James Becket, ], ]. * '']/What is to be Done?'' (1971) – Saul Landau, ], James Becket, ], ].
* ''Conversation with Allende'' (1971) * ''Conversation with Allende'' (1971)
* '']'' (1971) * '']'' (1971)
* ''Robert Wall: Ex-FBI Agent'' (1972) * ''Robert Wall: Ex-FBI Agent'' (1972)
* ''The Jail'' (1972) * ''The Jail'' (1972)
* ''Zombies in a House of Madness'' (1972) - Shot in the San Francisco jail. * ''Zombies in a House of Madness'' (1972) – Shot in the San Francisco jail.
* ''Song for Dead Warriors'' (1974) - A documentary about the ] in the spring of 1973 by Oglala Sioux Indians and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) * ''Song for Dead Warriors'' (1974) – A documentary about the ] in the spring of 1973 by Oglala Sioux Indians and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
* ''Who Shot Alexander Hamilton'' (1974) * ''Who Shot Alexander Hamilton'' (1974)
* ''Castro, Cuba and the US'' (1974) * ''Castro, Cuba and the US'' (1974)
* ''Zombies in a House of Madness'' (1975) - A short film where jail house poet, Michael Beasley, reads his poetry alongside footage taken inside the San Francisco jail, in 1972. * ''Zombies in a House of Madness'' (1975) – A short film where jail house poet, Michael Beasley, reads his poetry alongside footage taken inside the San Francisco jail, in 1972.
* ''Land of My Birth'' (1976) - The campaign film for Michael Manley in Jamaica. * ''Land of My Birth'' (1976) – The campaign film for Michael Manley in Jamaica.
* ''Bill Moyer's CBS report on CIA and Cuba'' (1977) * ''Bill Moyer's CBS report on CIA and Cuba'' (1977)
* ''The CIA Case Officer'' (1978) - A documentary about John Stockwell, a former CIA official who served in the CIA for 12 years, mostly in Africa and Vietnam. The film won an Emmy Award (1980), George F. Polk Award for investigative journalism on TV, Hefner First Amendment Award for journalism, and the Mannheim Film Festival first critics' prize. * ''The CIA Case Officer'' (1978) – A documentary about John Stockwell, a former CIA official who served in the CIA for 12 years, mostly in Africa and Vietnam. The film won an Emmy Award (1980), George F. Polk Award for investigative journalism on TV, Hefner First Amendment Award for journalism, and the Mannheim Film Festival first critics' prize.
* '']'' (1979) - A political documentary about government suppression of the health hazards of low-level radiation. Paul Jacobs died from lung cancer before the documentary was finished. His doctors believed he contracted it while he was investigating nuclear policies in 1957. Jacobs interviewed civilians and soldiers, survivors of nuclear experiments in the 50s and 60s, testing the effects of radiation. * '']'' (1979) – A political documentary about government suppression of the health hazards of low-level radiation. Paul Jacobs died from lung cancer before the documentary was finished. His doctors believed he contracted it while he was investigating nuclear policies in 1957. Jacobs interviewed civilians and soldiers, survivors of nuclear experiments in the 50s and 60s, testing the effects of radiation.
* ''Steppin''' (1980) - A documentary about ] on his tour in Jamaica, during election time. * ''Steppin''' (1980) – A documentary about ] on his tour in Jamaica, during election time.
* ''Report from Beirut'' (1982) * ''Report from Beirut'' (1982)
* ''Target Nicaragua. Inside a Covert War'' (1983) * ''Target Nicaragua. Inside a Covert War'' (1983)
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* ''Papakolea'' (1993) * ''Papakolea'' (1993)
* ''The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas'' (1996) * ''The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas'' (1996)
* ''Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos'' (1999) - A documentary about the corporate globalization on the US-Mexican border. * ''Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos'' (1999) – A documentary about the corporate globalization on the US-Mexican border.
* ''Iraq: Voices From the Street'' (September 2002) * ''Iraq: Voices From the Street'' (September 2002)
* ''Syria: Between Iraq and a Hard Place'' (2004) * ''Syria: Between Iraq and a Hard Place'' (2004)
* ''Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Will-Real-Terrorist-Please-Stand/dp/B004YZ3M7K |title=Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Danny Glover, Fidel Castro, Saul Landau: Movies & TV |date= |accessdate=September 16, 2013}}</ref> * ''Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up'' (2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Will-Real-Terrorist-Please-Stand/dp/B004YZ3M7K |title=Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Danny Glover, Fidel Castro, Saul Landau: Movies & TV |website=Amazon.com |date= July 26, 2011|access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref>
* ''"WE DON'T PLAY GOLF HERE &ndash; and other stories of globalization"'' * ''"WE DON'T PLAY GOLF HERE – and other stories of globalization"''

⚫ ==Books==
⚫ {{MOSLOW|date=February 2015}}


⚫ == Books ==
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* ''The Bisbee deportations: class conflict and patriotism during World War I'', University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1959 * ''The Bisbee deportations: class conflict and patriotism during World War I'', University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1959
* {{cite book|author1=Paul Jacobs|author2=Saul Landau|title=The new radicals: a report with documents|url=https://archive.org/details/newradicalsrepor0000jaco|url-access=registration|year=1966|publisher=Random House}} * {{cite book|author1=Paul Jacobs|author2=Saul Landau|title=The new radicals: a report with documents|url=https://archive.org/details/newradicalsrepor0000jaco|url-access=registration|year=1966|publisher=Random House}}
* Landau, Saul, Jacobs, Paul, & Pell, Eve, ''To Serve the Devil, Volume 1: Natives and Slaves'' Vintage Books, 1971. {{ISBN|9780394714592}} <ref> {{cite book|author1=Paul Jacobs|author2=Saul Landau|title=To Serve the Devil: Natives and slaves|url=https://archive.org/details/toservedevil00jaco|url-access=registration|year=1971|publisher=Random House}}</ref> * Landau, Saul, Jacobs, Paul, & Pell, Eve, ''To Serve the Devil, Volume 1: Natives and Slaves'' Vintage Books, 1971. {{ISBN|9780394714592}} <ref>{{cite book|author1=Paul Jacobs|author2=Saul Landau|title=To Serve the Devil: Natives and slaves|url=https://archive.org/details/toservedevil00jaco|url-access=registration|year=1971|publisher=Random House| isbn=978-0-394-71459-2 }}</ref>
* Landau, Saul, Jacobs, Paul, & Pell, Eve ''To Serve the Devil - Volume 2: Colonials and Sojourners'' Vintage Books, 1971. {{ISBN|9780394714592}} * Landau, Saul, Jacobs, Paul, & Pell, Eve ''To Serve the Devil – Volume 2: Colonials and Sojourners'' Vintage Books, 1971. {{ISBN|9780394714592}}
* {{cite book|author1=Carol Kurtz|author2=Saul Landau|author3=Ralph Stavins|title=Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3waAAAAYAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Transnational Institute}} * {{cite book|author1=Carol Kurtz|author2=Saul Landau|author3=Ralph Stavins|title=Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3waAAAAYAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Transnational Institute}}
* ''They Educated the Crows'', Transnational Institute, 1978 - a Transnational Institute Report on the Letelier-Moffitt Murders * ''They Educated the Crows'', Transnational Institute, 1978 – a Transnational Institute Report on the Letelier-Moffitt Murders
* {{cite book|author1=John Dinges|author2=Saul Landau|title=Assassination on Embassy Row|url=https://archive.org/details/assassinationone00dingrich|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=978-0-394-50802-3}} * {{cite book|author1=John Dinges|author2=Saul Landau|title=Assassination on Embassy Row|url=https://archive.org/details/assassinationone00dingrich|url-access=registration|year=1980|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=978-0-394-50802-3}}
* {{cite book|title=The Dangerous Doctrine: National Security and U.S. Foreign Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/dangerousdoctrin00land|url-access=registration|year=1988|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=978-0-8133-7506-9}} * {{cite book|title=The Dangerous Doctrine: National Security and U.S. Foreign Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/dangerousdoctrin00land|url-access=registration|year=1988|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=978-0-8133-7506-9}}
* ''My Dad Was Not Hamlet: Poems'', Institute for Policy Studies, 1993 {{ISBN|9780897580496}} * ''My Dad Was Not Hamlet: Poems'', Institute for Policy Studies, 1993 {{ISBN|9780897580496}}
* ''The guerrilla wars of Central America: Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala'', ], 1993, {{ISBN|978-0312103736}} * ''The guerrilla wars of Central America: Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala'', ], 1993, {{ISBN|978-0312103736}}
* ''Hot air: a radio diary'', Pacifica Network News/Institute for Policy Studies, 1995 - Saul Landau, ], ] {{ISBN|978-0-89758-051-9}} * ''Hot air: a radio diary'', Pacifica Network News/Institute for Policy Studies, 1995 – Saul Landau, ], ] {{ISBN|978-0-89758-051-9}}
* ''Red Hot Radio: Sex, Violence and Politics at the End of the American Century'', ], 1998 {{ISBN|9781567511468}} * ''Red Hot Radio: Sex, Violence and Politics at the End of the American Century'', ], 1998 {{ISBN|9781567511468}}
* {{cite book|author=Saul Landau|title=The Pre-Emptive Empire: A Guide to Bush's Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1td3AAAAMAAJ|date=October 20, 2003|publisher=St. Martin’s Press|isbn=978-0-7453-2140-0}} * {{cite book|author=Saul Landau|title=The Pre-Emptive Empire: A Guide to Bush's Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1td3AAAAMAAJ|date=October 20, 2003|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-7453-2140-0}}
* {{cite book|author=Saul Landau|title=The Business of America: How Consumers Have Replaced Citizens and How We Can Reverse the Trend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwje0xE3xoMC|date=July 15, 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-49475-2}} * {{cite book|author=Saul Landau|title=The Business of America: How Consumers Have Replaced Citizens and How We Can Reverse the Trend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwje0xE3xoMC|date=July 15, 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-49475-2}}
* {{cite book|author=Saul Landau|title=A Bush & Botox World|url=https://archive.org/details/bushbotoxworld0000land|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=AK Press |isbn=978-1-904859-61-1}} - with ]. In this book, he defines his position on the ], Cuba in the 1960s, ] and his opinion on the U.S. concerning Cuba<ref name="counterpunch">{{cite news|title=Washington's Ignorance|date=August 29, 2006|publisher=Counterpunch|url=http://www.counterpunch.org/landau08292006.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901053755/http://www.counterpunch.org/landau08292006.html|archivedate=September 1, 2006|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * {{cite book|author=Saul Landau|title=A Bush & Botox World|url=https://archive.org/details/bushbotoxworld0000land|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=AK Press |isbn=978-1-904859-61-1}} - with ]. In this book, he defines his position on the ], Cuba in the 1960s, ] and his opinion on the U.S. concerning Cuba<ref name="counterpunch">{{cite news|title=Washington's Ignorance|date=August 29, 2006|publisher=Counterpunch|url=http://www.counterpunch.org/landau08292006.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901053755/http://www.counterpunch.org/landau08292006.html|archivedate=September 1, 2006}}</ref>
* Saul Landau (2013). ''Stark in the Bronx: A Detective Novel''. CounterPunch Books. {{ISBN|9780989763707}} * Saul Landau (2013). ''Stark in the Bronx: A Detective Novel''. CounterPunch Books. {{ISBN|9780989763707}}


==Awards== == Awards ==
* ] for Human Rights * ] for Human Rights
* Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Award * Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Award
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==References== == References ==
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American journalist (1936–2013) Not to be confused with Saul Raphael Landau.

Saul Landau
BornJanuary 15, 1936
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 2013(2013-09-09) (aged 77)
Alameda, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
Occupation(s)Journalist, filmmaker
Spouse(s)Nina Serrano
Rebecca Switzer
Children5, including Greg and Valerie

Saul Landau (January 15, 1936 – September 9, 2013) was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught history and digital media.

Education

Landau was born in the Bronx, New York City. A graduate of Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School, he also earned bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

He donated his early papers and films to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Television Research.

Career

Landau authored 14 books, produced and directed over 50 documentary films, and wrote editorial columns including for the Huffington Post.

Landau was a member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.

He frequently appeared on radio and TV shows.

Gore Vidal said, "Saul Landau is a man I love to steal ideas from."

Landau was a fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, D.C. and a senior fellow and former director of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam.

He received an Emmy for his film Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang (1980), which he co-directed with Jack Willis, with cinematography by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler. He won the Edgar Allan Poe Award 1981 for "Best Fact Crime" for Assassination on Embassy Row (with John Dinges; Pantheon 1980) about the murder of TNI Director Orlando Letelier and their colleague and friend Ronnie Karpen-Moffitt. He received the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award for his life's contribution to human rights and also received the Bernado O'Higgins award.

In the early 1960s, he was a member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and wrote the play "The Minstrel Show." At that time he was also working as a film distributor.

Landau donated his Latin American-related films and papers to the University of California, Riverside Libraries in 2005.

Death

Landau died after battling bladder cancer for two years on September 9, 2013, at his home in Alameda, California. He was 77.

Films

Landau's films are distributed by Round World Productions. His 1968 film "Fidel" is distributed by Microcinema.

  • Losing just the same (1966)
  • Fidel (1968)
  • From Protest to Resistance (1968)
  • Que Hacer/What is to be Done? (1971) – Saul Landau, Raúl Ruiz, James Becket, Jaime Sierra, Nina Serrano.
  • Conversation with Allende (1971)
  • Brazil: A Report on Torture (1971)
  • Robert Wall: Ex-FBI Agent (1972)
  • The Jail (1972)
  • Zombies in a House of Madness (1972) – Shot in the San Francisco jail.
  • Song for Dead Warriors (1974) – A documentary about the Wounded Knee occupation in the spring of 1973 by Oglala Sioux Indians and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM)
  • Who Shot Alexander Hamilton (1974)
  • Castro, Cuba and the US (1974)
  • Zombies in a House of Madness (1975) – A short film where jail house poet, Michael Beasley, reads his poetry alongside footage taken inside the San Francisco jail, in 1972.
  • Land of My Birth (1976) – The campaign film for Michael Manley in Jamaica.
  • Bill Moyer's CBS report on CIA and Cuba (1977)
  • The CIA Case Officer (1978) – A documentary about John Stockwell, a former CIA official who served in the CIA for 12 years, mostly in Africa and Vietnam. The film won an Emmy Award (1980), George F. Polk Award for investigative journalism on TV, Hefner First Amendment Award for journalism, and the Mannheim Film Festival first critics' prize.
  • Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang (1979) – A political documentary about government suppression of the health hazards of low-level radiation. Paul Jacobs died from lung cancer before the documentary was finished. His doctors believed he contracted it while he was investigating nuclear policies in 1957. Jacobs interviewed civilians and soldiers, survivors of nuclear experiments in the 50s and 60s, testing the effects of radiation.
  • Steppin' (1980) – A documentary about Michael Manley on his tour in Jamaica, during election time.
  • Report from Beirut (1982)
  • Target Nicaragua. Inside a Covert War (1983)
  • Quest for Power (1983)
  • The Uncompromising Revolution (1988)
  • Report from Iraq (1991)
  • Papakolea (1993)
  • The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas (1996)
  • Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos (1999) – A documentary about the corporate globalization on the US-Mexican border.
  • Iraq: Voices From the Street (September 2002)
  • Syria: Between Iraq and a Hard Place (2004)
  • Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up (2012)
  • "WE DON'T PLAY GOLF HERE – and other stories of globalization"

Books

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Awards

References

  1. Sam Whiting (September 11, 2013). "Saul Landau – documentary filmmaker – dies". SFGate. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  2. Martin, Douglas (September 11, 2013). "Saul Landau, Maker of Films With Leftist Edge, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  4. "Saul Landau / Bio". Saullandau.com. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  5. "Saul Landau / Bio". Archived from the original on December 6, 2005. Retrieved June 22, 2006.
  6. "Saul Landau's Blog". Saullandau.wordpress.com. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  8. Lambe, Jennifer (2020). "The Revolution's Fourth Face on the Fourth Network: Feuding over Cuba on U.S. Educational Television, 1959– 1970". Journal of American History. 107 (3): 636–57.
  9. "Democracy Now! June 11, 2012 – LinkTV World News". News.linktv.org. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  10. "Transnational Institute | Saul Landau". Tni.org. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  11. "Home". Institute for Policy Studies. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  12. "Haskell Wexler's filmography". Haskellwexler.com. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  13. TheEdgars.com, Edgars database Archived April 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine (entry misspelt as "Saul Landeau")
  14. "1965: The Minstrel Show -- or Civil Rights in a Cracker Barrel - San Francisco Mime Troupe - America's Theater of Political Comedy". Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  15. "Berkeley, UC Ban French Film", Oakland Tribune, November 25, 1964
  16. "DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER SAUL LANDAU DIES". Associated Press. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  17. "Round World Productions". Roundworldproductions.com.
  18. "Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Danny Glover, Fidel Castro, Saul Landau: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. July 26, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  19. Paul Jacobs; Saul Landau (1971). To Serve the Devil: Natives and slaves. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-71459-2.
  20. "Washington's Ignorance". Counterpunch. August 29, 2006. Archived from the original on September 1, 2006.
  21. Joe A. Callaway Awards For Civic Courage Past-Winners, Calloway Awards, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

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