In May of 1960 HUAC, or the House of Un-American Activities Committee, was meeting at city hall in San Francisco to discuss accusations against a list of “prominent communists” within the community. As hearings were trying to take place inside San Francisco City Hall students could be heard outside demonstrating. During the hearings and pickets or, perhaps, because of the hearings and pickets an event known as “Black Friday” occurred on May 13, 1960. The two short films below, Operation Abolition and Operation Correction, focus on this event using the same hodgepodge news footage, different biased or slanted commentary, and the power of voice over narration to draw two completely different conclusions about what is Un-American.
Operation Abolition
Operation Correction
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