A legless vet fired for wrongthink fights the machine. The system never stood a chance.
The life of James Kutcher, a man who lost both his legs in WWII before his membership in the Socialist Workers Party caused him to be fired from his federal government job, leading to a years-long court battle.
Direction
Petrick lets Kutcher's testimony land without cheap sentimentality.
Production
1981 vérité style preserves raw institutional absurdity.
Director
Howard Petrick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kutcher's case became a touchstone for 1950s leftist organizers, though rarely taught in standard Red Scare curricula.
Director Howard Petrick was himself a fired federal employee and SWP member—this is basically autobiography in documentary drag.
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