SOUL OF A PEOPLE: WRITING AMERICA'S STORY
Directed by Andrea Kalin
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.
Cast
Patricia Clarkson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Studs Terkel
Self
Stetson Kennedy
Self
Douglas Brinkley
Self
Jonathan Holloway
Richard Ford
Amy Bloom
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Who would enjoy this
Recommended for
- ✓people who enjoy learning through film
May not appeal to
- –those seeking nonstop action
- –those looking for narrative fiction
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