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Movie Reviews
“Photography
is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film
is captured forever...it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten
everything."
Below are some excellent movie selections that allow the reader to discover life
during The Great Depression. Title The Grapes of Wrath Rating Not Rated Summary The Grapes of Wrath is an excellent to show the hardships farmers and families faced during The Great Depression in the 1930s. The film tells the story of a family in Oklahoma that is forced to move because of the dust bowl. Title Something the Lord Made Rating R Summary Set in 1944, a film about Alfred Blalock, a white surgeon and Vivien Thomas, his black lab assistant and designing the cure for blue baby operations. The film shows us how African American began careers outside of factory work. Title Cinderella Man Rating PG-13 Summary James Braddock is a “washed up boxer” who struggles to keep his family together during the 1930s. The film depicts the hardships families faced by trying to stay together and survive. Title Modern Times Rating Not Rated Summary A classic film about an industrial worker, played by Charlie Chaplin, who is having a difficult time living in the new industrial world. This film shows the importance of industrial work during the Great Depression. Sources |
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Updated by Jenna Sieverts on: Wednesday, December 05, 2007
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