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Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

2009•1h 32m•Documentary

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

Andrea Kalin · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 6, 2009

Actors

Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

Self - Narrator (voice)

Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel

Self

Stetson Kennedy

Self

Douglas Brinkley

Douglas Brinkley

Self

Jonathan Holloway

Richard Ford

Amy Bloom

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