Movies: Joe Saltzman

A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation....

Why Me? a one-hour documentary on breast cancer narrated by actress Lee Grant. First broadcast on May 13, 1974 on CBS in Los Angeles, it was the first major television documentary to deal with breast cancer....

Rape, a 30-minute documentary on the crime of rape. First broadcast on CBS in Los Angeles, December, 1972. It is considered the first major television program on the crime of rape....

The Very Personal Death of Elizabeth Schell Holt-Hartford, a 30-minute documentary on an 82-year-old woman trying to live out her life in dignity. First broadcast on February, 1972, on CBS in Los Angeles....

The Junior High School, a two-hour documentary on the junior high school experience. A full year in production. First broadcast in 1971. “Heaven, Hell or Purgatory, Part I,” October 17, 1971. “From A to Zoo, Part II, October 24,” 1971. Reprint: Two-h...

The Unhappy Hunting Ground, a 90-minute documentary (also available in a special 60-minute version) on the Native American in Los Angeles. It is a very personal story told by Native Americans themselves. Without a narrator, the program is told by the...

A historic 90 minute documentary told without a narrator depicting how it feels to be black and live in South Central Los Angeles. First broadcast in July, 1968, CBS in Los Angeles....