Harold Crooks

{{short description|Canadian writer and filmmaker}}

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Harold Crooks is a Canadian-American filmmaker.{{cite web | url =https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/harold-crooks | title =Harold Crooks, Journalist and Documentary Film Maker | website =carnegiecouncil.org | publisher =Carnegie Council | access-date =August 8, 2022 | quote =Harold Crooks is a Canadian journalist, writer, and director of film documentaries. His documentary The Price We Pay was listed as one of the 10 best Canadian feature films of 2014. }}{{cite web | url =https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/hundreds-of-canadian-filmmakers-declare-crisis-as-nfb-commissioner-is-reappointed-176531.html | title =Hundreds Of Canadian Filmmakers Declare 'Crisis' As NFB Commissioner Is Reappointed |last=Dudok de Wit |first=Alex |author-link=Alex Dudok de Wit | date =July 3, 2019 | website =cartoonbrew.com | publisher = Cartoon Brew| access-date =August 8, 2022 | quote =Harold Crooks }} He began his career as an investigative journalist covering environmental issues in Canada during the 1980s and 90s.{{cite news | last =Crooks | first =Harold | title =The Atomic Time Bomb | newspaper =The Ottawa Journal | location =Ottawa | pages =116 | language =English | date =December 3, 1977 }}{{cite web | url =https://lorimer.ca/adults/contributor/harold-crooks/ | title =Home > Our Books > Harold Crooks | website =lorimer.ca | publisher =Lorimer | access-date =August 8, 2022 | quote =HAROLD CROOKS is a writer and journalist. He has served as a consultant on the waste industry to government, the legal profession and environmental groups. His film credits include The World Is Watching, a documentary about foreign news coverage which won many awards, including a Genie and a Gold Hugo, and has been telecast in over 20 countries. }} His films cover the subjects of political economy and the impact humans have on their environment through technology and capitalism.{{cite web | url =https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/toronto-film-review-the-price-we-pay-1201298647/ | title =Toronto Film Review: 'The Price We Pay' | last = Leydon | first = Joe | date = September 5, 2014 | website =variety.com | publisher = Variety Magazine | access-date =August 8, 2022 | quote =Director Harold Crooks' well-crafted documentary offers a concise, engrossing and occasionally infuriating overview of the ways multinationals avoid taxes by stashing profits in offshore havens. }}{{cite web | url =https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/surviving-progress-film-review-309140/ | title =Surviving Progress: Film Review | last =Scheck | first =Frank | date = April 6, 2012 | website = hollywoodreporter.com | publisher = The Hollywood Reporter | access-date = August 8, 2022 | quote =Filmmakers Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks' documentary makes the case that technological advances are cementing our destruction. }} Most recently he co-directed a documentary with the art writer Judd Tully about the artist David Hammons.{{cite web | url =https://somethingcurated.com/2022/07/04/the-melt-goes-on-forever-the-art-times-of-david-hammons/ | title =The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times Of David Hammons | date =July 4, 2022 | website =somethingcurated.com | publisher = Something Curated | access-date = August 8, 2022 | quote =The newly released documentary, The Melt Goes On Forever: The Art & Times of David Hammons, chronicles the singular career of the elusive African-American art star David Hammons from Watts rebellion era 60s Los Angeles to global art world prominence today. Hammons’ category-defying practice, rooted in a deep critique of American society and the elite art world, is an invitation to confront the fractures between races as the artist seeks to go beyond the dominant culture and his own to a new one for the 21st century. Made by Judd Tully and Harold Crooks over a period of nine years, the film features eminent artists, curators and critics and is a rich trove of interviews, archival footage, animation, and a nostalgic soundscape brought together by composer Ramachandra Borcar. To learn more about the film and Hammons’ influential career, Something Curated spoke with filmmaker Harold Crooks. }}