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Slaughterhouse Five (DVD)
Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, …
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Adaptation of the cult novel by Kurt Vonnegut, directed by George
Roy Hill and starring Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman and Eugene Roche.
Billy Pilgrim (Sacks) is a young soldier in the Second World War
who is captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp. While being
taken there to be imprisoned he witnesses the firebombing of
Dresden, an event which causes him to be 'unstuck in time' and
results in him living his life simultaneously as a POW, an optician
in present day America, and as an elderly abducted resident of an
alien zoo on the planet Tralfamadore.
Ronnie Gilbert had a long and colorful career as a singer, actor,
playwright, therapist, and independent woman. Her lifelong work for
political and social change was central to her role as a performer.
Raised in Depression-era New York City by leftist, working-class,
secular Jewish parents, Gilbert is best known as a member of the
Weavers, the quartet of the 1950s and '60s that survived the
blacklist and helped popularize folk music in America. Her joyous
contralto and vibrant stage presence enriched the celebrated group
and propelled Gilbert into a second singing career with Holly Near
in the 1980s and '90s. As an actor, Gilbert explored developmental
theater with Joseph Chaikin and Peter Brook and wrote and performed
in ensemble and solo productions across the United States and
Canada. Ronnie Gilbert brings the political, artistic, and social
issues of the era alive through song lyrics and personal stories,
traversing sixty years of collaborations in life and art that span
the folk revival, the Cold War blacklist, primal therapy, the
back-to-the-land movement, and a rich, multigenerational family
story. Much more than a memoir, Ronnie Gilbert is a unique and
engaging historical document for readers interested in music,
theater, American politics, the women's movement, and left-wing
activism.
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