Holly Near

Holly Near

Born: June 6, 1949
in Ukiah, California, USA
Holly Near is an American singer-songwriter, actress, teacher, and activist.

Movies for Holly Near...

Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Title: Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives
Character: Self
Released: March 1, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of song in the struggle for equality through the story of feminist singer and activist Holly Near, who for the last 40 years has worked on global social justice coalition-building in the women’s and lesbian movements.
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Heartwood
Title: Heartwood
Character: Lucille Burris
Released: April 19, 1998
Type: Movie
When a large corporation threatens to take over a small town's primary business and put half of the town's population out of work, sawmill owner Logan Reeser is the only one who can stand in their way.
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Dogfight
Title: Dogfight
Character: Rose Sr.
Released: September 13, 1991
Type: Movie
In the fall of 1963, Eddie Birdlace is an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer who is about to ship out with three of his buddies for a tour of duty in Vietnam. Planning a massive blowout for their last night in San Francisco, Eddie, his buddies, and a number of other Marines set up a contest they call a "dogfight."
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The Changer: A Record of the Times
Title: The Changer: A Record of the Times
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of The Changer and The Changed, an album recorded by Cris Williamson in 1975 that became one of the icons of women's music.
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Title: Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners.
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Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
Title: Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
This vibrant and engaging video profiles the a capella activist group, Sweet Honey in the Rock. Singing to end the oppression of Black people world wide, SWEET HONEY embraces musical styles from spirituals and blues to calypso, and concerns ranging from feminism to ecology, peace and justice. This dynamic video features individual portraits, powerful concert footage and commentary by Angela Davis, Alice Walker and Holly Near.
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The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Title: The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1982
Type: Movie
Documentary about the blacklisted folk group, "The Weavers," and the events leading up to their triumphant return to Carnegie Hall.
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See What I Say
Title: See What I Say
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
See What I Say is a 1981 American short documentary film produced by Linda Chapman, Pam LeBlanc and Freddi Stevens. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The subjects of the film are hearing-impaired women who discuss their use of sign language.
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FTA
Title: FTA
Character: Self
Released: July 21, 1972
Type: Movie
A documentary about a political troupe headed by actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland which traveled to towns near military bases in the US in the early 1970s. The group put on shows called "F.T.A.", which stood for "F**k the Army", and was aimed at convincing soldiers to voice their opposition to the Vietnam War, which was raging at the time. Various singers, actors and other entertainers performed antiwar songs and skits during the show.
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Slaughterhouse-Five
Title: Slaughterhouse-Five
Character: Barbara
Released: March 15, 1972
Type: Movie
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.
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Minnie and Moskowitz
Title: Minnie and Moskowitz
Character: Irish
Released: December 22, 1971
Type: Movie
Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love. After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences. Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.
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The Todd Killings
Title: The Todd Killings
Character: Norma
Released: October 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper Todd (Robert F. Lyons) is a charismatic 23-year old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Girls find him attractive and are only too willing to accompany him to a nearby desert area to be his "girl for the night." Not all of them return, however. Featuring Richard Thomas as his loyal hanger-on and a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles including Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad.
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Title: All in the Family
Character: Mona
Released: January 12, 1971
Type: TV
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
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The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Title: The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Character: Fran
Released: May 26, 1970
Type: Movie
A 23-year-old Columbia University dropout seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.
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Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Title: Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Character: Tara Nicole Steele
Released: August 19, 1969
Type: Movie
The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who take their beliefs of the American ideal to profoundly impossible heights.