During the 1930s’ ‘war for the survival of democracy’ (FDR), newsreels were a key part of the moviegoing experience, the cinema a social site for information’s distribution and debate. This programme places corporate newsreels and cartoons in dialogue with the ‘alternative facts’ of WFPL productions and sponsored films, to depict America’s mediation of its own, then under question, identity; its thoughts on itself, and the rest of the world.
Courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Library
Pre-recorded introduction by Tanya Goldman
