In this episode of From the Vault we pay tribute to a great human being, a supporter of underrepresented communities, and celebrated cinematographer, Haskell Wexler. A friend of Pacifica Radio throughout his incredible career, Haskell was well-known for his Academy Award-winning work on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfand Bound for Glory - Hal Ashby's film on the life of troubadour Woody Guthrie. Included among the dozens of other films in his filmography are One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, In the Heat of the Night, and Medium Cool - which employed clever blending of actuality from the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and a fictional storyline. Haskell was credited as the first cinematographer to use the newly invented Steadicam during the filming ofBound for Glory.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration, and past grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners. We also thank our partners and collaborators at the Pop-Up Archive, Amara, Other Minds Archives, George Blood Audio, and the California Audio Visual Preservation Project.
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