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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
Gloria is one of the 700,000 Spanish people who have left Spain since the economic crisis started. The film portraits the experience of intra-European exiles tackled by Spain’s highest-profile female director, Icíar Bollaín (Even the Rain, Take My Eyes). Gloria is a 32 year old native of Almería Spain. A teacher without a posting, and a shop assistant in an Edinburgh store for the past two years. Gloria has set up a collective with the motto...
Publisher
Doorpost Film Project
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirits of audiences along the way. During their travels they discover a man without limbs at a carnival sideshow, but after an intriguing encounter with the showman he becomes driven to hope against everything he has ever believed.
10) Paradise lost
Series
Publisher
Broadway Theatre Archive
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
Set in 1932 during the depression, the story unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes.
12) Hidden places
Publisher
GoodTimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A widow and mother of two falls in love with a mysterious writer who helps her run her orchard during the depression.
Series
Publisher
distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Our daily bread (1934) is a landmark of socially conscious films, produced and directed by King Vidor...This deeply personal work was rejected by the studios, nor could Vidor obtain bank financing for a film reflecting unfavorably on banks. In the end her mortgaged his home and most of his possessions to finance Our Daily Bread, which was released by United Artists at the insistence of its partner and Vidor's friend, Charlie Chaplin. The film advocates...
14) Courage
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Toronto, Izabel, Bebeth, Natasha, Benoît, Grace and Jean, members of Ontario’s “working poor” directly affected by the economic crisis, agree to take part in group sessions organized by filmmaker Geoff Bowie. They talk about having to work multiple jobs to get by, describe the stress generated by financial vulnerability, and courageously explain their strategies for getting out of their difficult situation. Touching, insightful and full...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband. Bonus features included.
Series
Jazz volume episode 6
Publisher
PBS DVD Gold
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
1937-1939: The Depression can't stop swing as startling new voices and sounds are heard, including Count Basie, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, and Coleman Hawkins. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances.
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