| The California Reich | |
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| Directed by | Keith F. Critchlow Walter F. Parkes |
| Produced by | Keith Critchlow Walter F. Parkes[1] |
| Edited by | Keith Critchlow Walter F. Parkes |
| Music by | Craig Safan |
| Distributed by | City Life Films |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The California Reich is a 1975 documentary film on a group of neo-Nazis in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tracy, California, USA. They were members of the National Socialist White People's Party, another name for the American Nazi Party that was started by George Lincoln Rockwell. It was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition.[2] It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3]
The film featured scenes with Jewish Defense League (JDL) leader Irv Rubin confronting American neo-Nazis.
The documentary was "unofficially sanctioned by the Nazis and The Jewish Anti-Defamation League finds it too mild in its condemnation."[4]
- ^ The Man Who Skied Down Everest Wins Documentary Feature: 1976 Oscars
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The California Reich". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ 1976|Oscars.org
- ^ Tuchman, Mitch (1977-07-01). "Review: California Reich". Film Quarterly. 30 (4): 37. doi:10.2307/1211583. ISSN 0015-1386. JSTOR 1211583. Retrieved 2021-05-01.