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Film: Documentary The Films of Emile de Antonio

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Though often given short shrift in film histories, the political documentaries of Emile de Antonio played a major hand in shaping the radical discourses that sprung up in the late '60s. In the Year of the Pig (1968), de Antonio's famous examination of the origins of the Vietnam War, was even nominated for an Academy Award — though it also earned the director a thick FBI file at J. Edgar Hoover's behest. A sensitive cultural analyst, de Antonio trained his lens on everything from failed liberalism (America Is Hard to See, 1970) to New York City's vibrant arts scene (Painters Painting, 1972) during his keenly perceptive career. SFMOMA's retrospective spans throughout, featuring ten of the director's incendiary films.

– Max Goldberg

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