Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

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2009-09-06

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. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People. — Spark Media

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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. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People. — Spark Media

Released

2009-09-06

Runtime

92

Director

Andrea Kalin

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Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

Spark Media

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    Douglas Brinkley

    Douglas Brinkley
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    Jonathan Holloway

    Jonathan Holloway
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    Richard Ford

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    Amy Bloom

    Amy Bloom