QUEST FOR POWER: SKETCHES OF AMERICAN NEW RIGHT
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This video chronicles the emergence of the religious New Right in the early Eighties,
when, buoyed by the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan as President, conservative
politicians and organizations launched nationwide attacks on communism, homosexuality,
feminism, abortion, pornography and liberal politicians. By profiling such influential
figures as religious broadcaster and Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell, anti-Equal
Rights Amendment activist Phyllis Schlafly, conservative Senator Jesse Helms, right-wing
direct-mail fundraiser Richard Viguerie, and John LeBoutillier (R-NY), a representative of
the new conservative breed of congressmen, the video offers a provocative portrait of the
roots of a powerful force in contemporary American politics.
Directed by Saul Landau and Frank Diamand
1982, 52 minutes
Purchase: $99.95
Directed by Saul Landau and Frank Diamand
1982, 52 minutes
Purchase: $99.95