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    The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

    54'

    2019-10-02

    6.2

    Documentary,History

    Overview:

    In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are at loggerheads over the odyssey of the Joad family, tenant farmers from Oklahoma who, like thousands of others, were driven from their land during the Great Depression. Eighty years have passed since the famous work was published, and 90 years since the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. To mark this occasion, the documentary examines the genesis of the novel, its themes, its renewed reception during the financial crisis of 2008.

    WritingPriscilla PizzatoDirectingPriscilla Pizzato

    Cast

    1

    Reciter (voice)

    Denis Podalydès

    1

    Self, professor, Stanford University

    Gavin Jones

    1

    Self, professor of English, San Jose State University

    Susan Schillinglaw

    1

    Self, professor of English literature

    Marie-Christine...

    1

    Self, historian

    Pap Ndiaye

    1

    Self, writer

    Delphine Coulin

    1

    Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

    Sharon Garrison

    1

    Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

    Dale Gibson

    1

    Self (archive footage)

    John Steinbeck

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. France
    • List of languages:
      1. English
      2. French
    • List of companies:
      1. ARTE
      2. Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
    • Vote Count: 4
    • Popularity: 0.65
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Le Roman de la colère

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