The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America (2019)


  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release Date: 2019-10-02
  • User Rating: 5/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 54min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ARTE
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Priscilla Pizzato
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Summary

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.

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  • Denis Podalydès

    as Reciter (voice)
  • Gavin Jones

    as Self, professor, Stanford University
  • Susan Schillinglaw

    as Self, professor of English, San Jose State University
  • Marie-Christine Lemardeley

    as Self, professor of English literature
  • Pap Ndiaye

    as Self, historian
  • Delphine Coulin

    as Self, writer
  • Sharon Garrison

    as Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp
  • Dale Gibson

    as Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp
  • John Steinbeck

    as Self (archive footage)
Writing Priscilla Pizzato Writer
Directing Priscilla Pizzato Director
Production Muriel Meynard Producer
Editing Yohann Le Rallier Editor

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