Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for money prizes. Baby prepares for WW2. [Originally a 70mm projection-performance, 1982, by Ken and Flo Jacobs. From THRILLS AND CHILLS (Castle Films, c. 1930)].
For twelve years he stood as America's 32nd President, a man who overcame the ravages of polio to pu...

Every American who has listened to the radio knows Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." The music of ...

Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautiona...
Exploring the devastation of the 1930s, Lisa Jackson shapes amateur-shot archival film from a South ...

This film takes us into the harsh realm of BC's early coal mines, canneries, and lumber camps; where...

Mel Schwartz escaped the Great Depression on a bicycle adventure he'd remember for the rest of his l...

"My last image of Jonas."—Ken Jacobs

As the unemployed Frank is sinking into depression, his son's naive but optimistic twist on the situ...
In his first one hundred days in office, in a effort to stem the effects of the Great Depression, Pr...

A documentary that traces the origins of the political power structure that rules our nation and the...