Word: bozer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Birth of a Nation" had been shown the night before without any objections but with an apology from Alan J. Bozer '75, co-chairman of the Adams House film society, to anyone who might be insulted by the film. Bozer recommended "Birth of a Nation" to the audience as a film classic. "Birth of a Nation," released in 1915, marked a great leap forward for the fledgling film industry, introducing moving cameras, night filming and a musical score. But even at the time it was bitterly criticized (by the NAACP and by President Emeritus Charles William Eliot among others...
...Bozer made another apology to the audience Saturday night--this time for the disruption. The film society--and a lot of other people in the University--seemed to feel that stopping the film was a serious violation of freedom of expression and that any film-goer would be discriminating enough to see the racist elements in the film--especially a Harvard audience. Bozer said later he feels, "the common man in America doesn't really need a lot of background information for judging the film; we don't give him enough credit. The film can stand on its own merits...
...Playing a club sport appeals to the guys because there's no pressure from coaches. If we had to work harder, we might not enjoy it as much," Al Bozer said...
Water-polo captain Al Bozer is found dead at the bottom of the pool after his team's first victory. "We thought he was faking," Bozer's teammates say mournfully. Pat McInally, drafted in the third round by the Philadelphia Eagles, says he "still can't make up my mind between a Rhodes and the pros...
...wouldn't have had the trouble at the first showing if we had had a policeman there," Bozer said. He said the film society decided to comply with the protesters' demands because they feared violence...