One Tenth of Our Nation

Felix Greene

A sponsored film decrying the poverty and limits of opportunity of the Black population in the American South, remarkably produced during enforced racial segregation. Written and narrated by actor Maurice Ellis, in the collective ‘we’ of Black America.

Courtesy of Rockefeller Film Archive

Pre-recorded introduction by Tanya Goldman

Sessions

One Screening Only
20 Oct • 21:30 / 94’
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala M. Félix Ribeiro

Retrospective Documentary on the March: The Turbulent 30s in New Deal America / Infowars, 1930s Style

The News Parade of 1934

Hearst Metrotone News

The World in Review

Film and Photo League

America Today

Workers Film and Photo League

Confidence

William Nolan

The Great Depression

Maurice Bailen

Century of Progress

Film and Photo League

Marian Anderson: The Lincoln Memorial Concert

Hearst Metrotone News / NBC Radio / UCLA