Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas
Brief Synopsis
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The documentary explores the far-reaching effects of the 1952 McCarran Walter Act which barred 250,000 foreigners from entering the United States on political grounds, and was repealed in 1991. The filmmakers interviewed people in twelve countries as to why they had been denied U.S. visas, and cultu
Cast & Crew
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Jan Myrdal
Oscar Niemeyer
Hortense Allende
William F Buckley
Gabriel García Márquez
General Nino Pasti
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Political
Release Date
1986
Synopsis
The documentary explores the far-reaching effects of the 1952 McCarran Walter Act which barred 250,000 foreigners from entering the United States on political grounds, and was repealed in 1991. The filmmakers interviewed people in twelve countries as to why they had been denied U.S. visas, and cultural and political figures who are asked about this legacy of the Cold War.
Cast
Jan Myrdal
Oscar Niemeyer
Hortense Allende
William F Buckley
Gabriel García Márquez
General Nino Pasti
Tomas Borge
Carlos Fuentes
Charles Gordon
Venerable Sato
Burt Neuborne
Ernest Mandel
Mort Halperin
Susan Sontag
John Irving
Maritza Ruiz
Ronald Reagan
Himself
Jeri Laber
Dario Fo
Rose Styron
Franca Rame
Arthur Miller
Danny Morrison
Barney Frank
Roy Cohn
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Political
Release Date
1986
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Shown at Independent Feature Project (IFP), New York City October 8, 1987.
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