(from ebookjapan): Filmmakers Fight Against the Power to Violate Freedom of Expression After World War II. After World War II, the Cold War between the two great powers, the Soviet Union and the United States, began. Right-wing politicians in the U.S., sensing a strong threat from the Soviet Union's power, began to strictly exclude Communists and those seen as Communist sympathizers in an attempt to arouse public opinion. FBI Director Edgar Hoover, who spearheaded this Red Scare, declared that he would bury the big wigs in the movie industry, the king of entertainment at the time. Hearings by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) begin. How will Hollywood filmmakers fight this oppression of power?