House of UnAmerican Activities, is the compelling story of a filmmaker's search for the father he never really knew, Frederick Marx, a maker of Hoop Dreams. Marx draws on a wealth of historical and family archives to take a rich, personal look at a troubled era.

"You are not fit to be a citizen of the United States," said a U.S. Representative to Werner Marx, a German-Jewish refugee, distinguished sailor in the U.S. Navy during World War II, American Communist -- as he tried to have him de-naturalized in a hearing of the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities.

Also included in the Facets' release are two other Frederick Marx films -- Dream Documentary and Dreams from China. The latter, a highly lyrical, diary-like film essay, shot in Tianjin and Beijing, lends perspective to the tragedy of Tiananmen Square.