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Soul of the People looks at the deeply personal stories behind the familiar images of the Great Depression and shows the vitality of a democracy built on a diverse citizenry. The film includes interviews with Studs Terkel, Stetson Kennedy, David Bradley and Douglas Brinkley.
Sep 6, 2009 · In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans.
Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story is an award-winning documentary on 1930s America and the Federal Writers’ Project, which documented life during the Great Depression. The film features Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, John Cheever, Richard Wright, Studs Terkel, Margaret Walker, Nelson Algren, and Jim Thompson.
Soul of a People: Writing America’s Story – A ground-breaking documentary on 1930s America and the Federal Writers’ Project, which documented in riveting detail life during the Great Depression and helped launch talents such as Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, John Cheever, Richard Wright, Studs Terkel, Margaret Walker, Nelson Algren ...
Aug 18, 2010 · "Soul of a People: Writing America's Story" explores one of the most controversial New Deal programs created by FDR during the Great Depression. Seen through the eyes...
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story explores one of the most controversial New Deal programs created by FDR during the Great Depression.
SOUL OF A PEOPLE. Writing America’s Story. The Great Depression was the most serious national crisis since the Civil War. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 spelled financial disaster for millions, reverberating for years and shaking Americans’ view of their country as a can-do culture.
In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans.
Synopsis. In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and...
Trailer for SOUL OF A PEOPLE: WRITING AMERICA'S STORY, an award-winning documentary on 1930s America and the Federal Writers Project, which documented life during the Great Depression. The film features Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, John Cheever, Richard Wright, Studs Terkel, Anzia Yezierska and Jim Thompson.
