Interview (Video): Abraham Polonsky

A hour-long conversation with the writer of classic movies ‘Body and Soul’, ‘Force of Evil’, and ‘Tell Them Willie Boy is Here’.

A lifelong Communist, Polonsky was blacklisted in Hollywood for 17 years, but that didn’t keep him from creating a notable body of work including the movies Body and Soul, Force of Evil, and Tell Them Willie Boy is Here. This Writers Guild Foundation ‘The Writer Speaks’ interview offers a fascinating look into the life of a celebrated writer-director, both his creative and political history.

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