Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

2009
1h 32min

In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People. โ€” Spark Media

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

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In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People. โ€” Spark Media
    Released
    September 2009
    Runtime
    1h 32min
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    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Spark Media
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