The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

2019

54 min

6.2

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary, History

Director

Priscilla Pizzato

Country

France

Cast & Crew

Denis Podalydès

Gavin Jones

Susan Schillinglaw

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Pap Ndiaye

Delphine Coulin

Sharon Garrison

Dale Gibson

John Steinbeck

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The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

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.

  • Denis Podalydès

  • Gavin Jones

  • Susan Schillinglaw

  • Marie-Christine Lemardeley

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