The Harvey Richards Media Archive
   Movement Photographer of the 1950s and '60s

Films on Civil Rights, Peace, Anti-war and Environmental Movements, Russia & the Soviet Union

An Archive of Historic Images

At the beginning of the 21st century, amid growing interest in the political and cultural ferment of the 1960s, the films of Harvey Richards have been rediscovered. Film makers across the United States and around the world have sought out Richards' films for inclusion in their documentaries, news programs, and feature films.

Richards was among a small number of “movement photographers” who shared the ideals of the civil rights, peace, ecology and labor movements and who were photographers.

Richards worked to advance the movements he photographed. Working alone without official sponsorship in most cases, his films have become self-portraits of the movements he photographed. During the 1960s and 1970s, movement organizations used his documentaries as fundraisers, organizing films, and outreach vehicles. Among the groups who used his works are the United Farm Workers Union, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Women for Peace, and the Sierra Club. Since the 1970s, Richards' films have been licensed for use in many books, films, and television productions and have been acquired by many libraries. See more about Harvey Richards.

Estuary Press offers all of his 22 documentaries on DVD.

Additional footage and related material

In addition, a large volume of footage not included in finished films is also available for licensing.

Photographs

During all these film projects as well as many other occasions Richards took still photos of a very high quality. These are available as slideshows or single images.

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Environmental, Logging and Mining Films

• Perch of the Devil, 24 minutes, 1960.
• The Stump Makers, 22 minutes, 1963.
• Wasted Woods, 18 minutes, 1964.
• Warning! Warning!, 22 minutes, 1970.
• Timber Tigers, 23 minutes, 1971.
• Vanishing Redwoods, 28 minutes, 1975.
• A Tale of Ruin, 18 minutes, 1978.

California Farm Worker Films

• Factory Farms, 37 minutes, 1959.
• The Harvesters, 18 minutes, 1960.
• Uno Veintecinco, 15 minutes, 1962.
• The Land Is Rich, 27 minutes, 1966.

Civil Rights Films

• Freedom March, 10 minutes, 1963.
• Freedom Bound, 27 minutes, 1963.
• We'll Never Turn Back, 31 minutes, 1963.
• Dream Deferred, 34 minutes, 1964.
• Decision in the Streets, 43 minutes, 1965.

Peace and Anti-war Films

• Women for Peace, 24 minutes, 1962.
• Everyman, 21 minutes, 1962.
• Hot Damn!, 15 minutes, 1965.
• Decision in the Streets, 43 minutes, 1965.
• No Greater Cause, 19 minutes, 1968.

Russia and the Soviet Union

• A Visit to the Soviet Union. Part 1: Far From Moscow, 33 minutes, 1962.
• A Visit to the Soviet Union. Part 2: Women of Russia, 36 minutes, 1962.

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About Harvey Richards

Films About:

• California Farm
     Workers
• Civil Rights Movement
• Peace and Anti-War
     Movements
• Environment, Logging
     and Mining
• Russia and the
     Soviet Union

Archival Holdings
and Stock Footage

Photographs

Licensing

While Richards shot his motion picture projects, he carried his 35 mm and 120 mm still cameras with him on trips around the world and has left us a breathtaking collection of images of the world that he inhabited. Click here for an overview.