The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (movie)

The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (movie)

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  • User score: 5
  • Production country: France
  • Producer: Priscilla Pizzato
  • Production companies: ARTE, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release date: 10/2/2019
  • Run time: 54 min.

Movie description

In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are at loggerheads over the odyssey of the Joad family, tenant farmers from Oklahoma who, like thousands of others, were driven from their land during the Great Depression. Eighty years have passed since the famous work was published, and 90 years since the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. To mark this occasion, the documentary examines the genesis of the novel, its themes, its renewed reception during the financial crisis of 2008.

Actors

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Role(s): Reciter (voice)

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Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones

Role(s): Self, professor, Stanford University

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Susan Schillinglaw

Susan Schillinglaw

Role(s): Self, professor of English, San Jose State University

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Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Role(s): Self, professor of English literature

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Pap Ndiaye

Pap Ndiaye

Role(s): Self, historian

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