Word: antonios
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Admiration for this sense of purpose is what probably led Emile de Antonio to make a movie about Gene McCarthy and his campaign. De Antonio's two best known works- Point of Order and In the Year of the Pig -dealt brilliantly with the darkest side of America. America is Hard to See is different for the same reason that McCarthy's campaign was not like marching on Washington...
...MOST of my films have been critical of aspects of American life," de Antonio said before the movie. "This represents a drastic change. It is positive and supports the work and ideas of one man and his 1968 campaign...
...idea of de Antonio's," according to Martin Peretz, one of the film's producers, "on the only positive comment he could make on American life...
...Batista) put up big red banners in English for us stating how proud they were to be a part of the ten million ton harvest. Practically the whole labor force of the sugar mill was working extra the day we were there-a Sunday-to honor the birthday of Antonio Macco, a black general of the Cuban rebels fighting for independence from Spain...
...second assault since January on the U.S. embassy, the college youths were joined by some unemployed slumdwellers and by scores of Manila's striking "jeepney" drivers. The demonstrators were dispersed by wicker-shielded police before they reached the embassy. Three days later, student leaders angrily rejected Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas' plea for a ban on demonstrations and announced that they would conduct organized protests against the government at least once a week...