Haskell Wexler Tribute

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 Woolf and 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 of Bound for Glory.


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