The Blacklist Revival: A Cautionary Tale for Our Times The Locarno Film Festival's retrospective, Red & Black – Hollywood Left and the Blacklist, is a stark reminder that the demons of the past are still present in today's cultural landscape.
This timely program shines a light on one of the most tumultuous periods in American cinema history: the Hollywood blacklist.
Imposed by the House Un American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947, the blacklist aimed to root out suspected communists from the film industry.