Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film (1900-1934), Program 4: Americans in the Making

See the movies that changed America! Prohibition, abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, organized crime, loan sharking, juvenile justice, homelessness, police corruption, immigration - in their first decades, movies brought an astonishing range of issues to the screen. Whether exposing abus...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gregory, Carl Louis (RegisseurIn), Griffith, D. W. (RegisseurIn), Vidor, King (RegisseurIn)
Format: Video Software
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Veröffentlicht: San Francisco National Film Preservation Foundation 2007
Schriftenreihe:Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film (1900-1934) 4
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Zusammenfassung:See the movies that changed America! Prohibition, abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for women, organized crime, loan sharking, juvenile justice, homelessness, police corruption, immigration - in their first decades, movies brought an astonishing range of issues to the screen. Whether exposing abuse or lampooning reform, films put a human face on social problems and connected with audiences in a new way. Movies were entertainment with the power to persuade. [www.image-entertainment.com]
Beschreibung:[DVD] (180 Min.) s/w Farbe ; mono ; Stummfilm