Peter Sears Movies

In 1978, CBS aired the “Star Wars Holiday Special” the week before Thanksgiving to an audience of 13 million people. Considered one of the worst shows in television history, it aired only once. George Lucas tried to bury it and an infamous camp legend was born. This documentary unravels the...

A teenage runaway who never went to school, John Lee Hooker had trouble spelling his name, even into his eighties. But, despite these humble beginnings, John Lee Hooker is today considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

Documentary account of how a small community in Ashland, Virginia, try to resist plans to open up a Wal-Mart in their town.

Live concert by the rock band Jefferson Starship, filmed in Vancouver, Canada, in 1983. The band line up is: Mickey Thomas / Grace Slick / Paul Kantner / Craig Chaquico / David Freiberg / Pete Sears / Donny Baldwin.

This documentary traces the history of the United Farmworkers Union and the life of its founder, Cesar Chavez, from his birth in Arizona, his education into organizing and non-violence, his formation of the union, to his death in 1993. It includes newsreel footage of the Delano grape boycott,...