Pacific Street Films

Pacific Street Films

Company type	Private
Industry	Documentary film production
Founded	1969 in Brooklyn, New York, United States
Founder	Joel Sucher, Steven Fischler
Headquarters	Brooklyn , United States
Products	Documentary films

Pacific Street Films is a documentary production company established in Brooklyn, New York, in 1969 by Joel Sucher and Steven Fischler. Having created more than 100 films, the company has become a notable figure within the documentary filmmaking sector.

In 2004, the Museum of Modern Art presented a career retrospective that celebrated Pacific Street Films' impact on the documentary genre.

The Free Voice of Labor

In 1980, Fischler and Sucher produced The Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists, a film chronicling the history of Jewish anarchism in America. This documentary delves into the origins of the movement among immigrant sweatshop laborers and highlights the influence of the Yiddish anarchist newspaper Fraye Arbeter Shtime, which ended publication in 1977. The film is distinguished by its use of Yiddish folk and political music, emphasizing the cultural and political significance of this community.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
1970	Inciting to Riot	A student film focusing on Transcendental Students; awarded grand prize at the National Student's Association Film Festival.
1971	Ipimpi	Documentary examining police infiltration within the Black Panther Party.
1971	Surveillance: Who's Watching?	Explores law enforcement monitoring of political activists; produced for National Educational Television.
1972	Red Squad	Analyzes surveillance activities conducted by NYPD and FBI.
1974	Frame-up! The Imprisonment of Martin Sostre	Investigative piece on activist Martin Sostre's wrongful incarceration.
1975	The Marijuana Revolution	A thirty-minute investigative documentary created for WNBC-TV.
1975	Politics and Police in Stamford	Thirty-minute investigative documentary produced for WNBC-TV.
1977	Voices From Within	Collaboration with incarcerated women at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility; funded by New York State Council on the Arts.
1977	The Grand Jury: An Institution Under Fire	Investigation into abuses within grand jury proceedings; aired on PBS.
1980	Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists	Documentary covering the Jewish anarchist movement and Yiddish press; supported by Guggenheim Foundation and CPB; broadcast on PBS.
1981	Anarchism in America	Feature-length film exploring anarchist movements in the United States.
1983	The Cancer War	Examines political issues surrounding cancer research; shown on PBS.
1983	I Promise To Remember: Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers	Documents the rise and decline of an early Rock ‘n Roll group; aired on PBS.
1984	Man's Best Friends	One-hour investigative report on abuses in animal testing; produced for Frontline, PBS.
1984	Albert Szent-Gyorgyi: A Special Gift	Profile of Nobel Prize winner; produced for National Foundation for Cancer Research.
1985 - 1988	Salute to Newark / Take Me Back To Dear Old Newark	Created for WNET's Metropolitan Division; includes historical documentary and promotional segments.
1988	First City	Features segments about New York City for WNYC magazine series.
1989	United Nations Peacekeeping	Educational film produced for the United Nations.
1990	Blue Helmets: The Story of U.N. Peacekeeping	Overview of UN peacekeeping operations worldwide; narrated by Jesse Jackson; PBS special presentation.
1990	Martin Scorsese Directs	Profile highlighting Martin Scorsese during production of Goodfellas; made for American Masters, PBS.