Un-American chronicles the events of 1947 and 1951 when Hollywood came under the attack of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Through the use of mixed media the stories of the Hollywood Ten and the beginning of blacklisting through an art installation.

1947 was a watershed year for civil rights in the United States. As with most civil rights violations, the impetus was fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of “The Other,” and fear of a different way of thinking. A revitalized congressional committee known as the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) took aim at Hollywood. They sought to prove that communist subversives were using the silver screen as a propaganda tool to overthrow the US government. HUAC held a sensational hearing in Washington D.C. to target a group of ten directors, producers and screenwriters who became activists for the defense of the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and the right to free assembly. The Hollywood Ten, as they became known, paid a huge price. They lost their careers, their homes, their families, their friends and their freedom.