Frederick Marx Warrior Films collection, 2011 - 2016
Scope and Contents
The Warrior Films collection feature seven films pertaining to the Mankind Project International.
Dates
- Creation: 2011 - 2016
Creator
- From the Collection: Changing Men Collections (Michigan State University. Libraries) (Organization)
- From the Collection: West Michigan Men's Center (Kalamazoo, Mich.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact MSU Libraries Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Access
Per donor's request "Boys to Men" film is restricted to reading room access only with a limit of 5 people viewing.
Biographical / Historical
Frederick Marx (b. approximately 1955) is an American film producer, director, writer, and editor based in Oakland, California. He was named a Chicago Tribune Artist of the Year for 1994, a 1995 Guggenheim Fellow, and a recipient of a Robert F. Kennedy Special Achievement Award. Frederick Marx achieved international fame for his film Hoop Dreams (1994). It is one of the highest grossing non-musical documentaries in United States history. A strong proponent of independent films, his work often show a passion for appreciating multiculturalism and an urgent empathy for disadvantaged and misunderstood communities: people of color, abused children, the working poor, welfare recipients, prisoners, the elderly, and "at risk" youth.
Full Extent
1.06 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated by Frederick Marx in 2016.
Processing Information
The digital files were acquired and a finding aid prepared in 2016.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository