The Great Depression

Maurice Bailen

An underground docudrama of the Depression, and rare surviving film from Chicago’s WFPL. The protagonist looks in vain for work, only to find ‘no help wanted’. Acerbic editing transforms his plight into a guide to the brutal contrasts of the era.

Pre-recorded introduction to 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