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Survivors

First Word: Survivors

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
August September 2005

August 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

Patricia Harty - Editor-in-Chief.

It is one thing to see the Depression in photographs -- black-and-whites of men in suits and hats lining up for food. It's another when it is recreated on screen by good actors, and a director who made his first film -- a documentary about the Depression -- when he was in 11th grade. There is a scene in Cinderella Man that for me completely captures the reality of what it must … [Read more...] about First Word: Survivors

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