Workers Newsreel: Bonus March 1932

Workers Film and Photo League

Asserting a bridge between patriotism and civic protest, this WFPL film documents the destitution and march of thousands of WWI veterans upon Washington, at the peak of the Depression, to claim the unpaid bonuses Congress had promised them.

Introduction by Tom Hurwitz on October 20th.

Sessions

20 Oct • 15:30 / 105’
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala M. Félix Ribeiro

Retrospective Documentary on the March: The Turbulent 30s in New Deal America / The Road – To Jail [Reenactment]

Workers Newsreel: Bonus March 1932

Workers Film and Photo League

Road to Life

Nikolai Ekk
23 Oct • 19:30 / 105’
Cinemateca Portuguesa - Sala Luís de Pina

Retrospective Documentary on the March: The Turbulent 30s in New Deal America / The Road – To Jail [Reenactment]

Workers Newsreel: Bonus March 1932

Workers Film and Photo League

Road to Life

Nikolai Ekk