Monday, October 29, 2007

How movies helped change America


Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900–1934. DVD Project Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Film Preservation Board

Prohibition, abortion, unions, atheism, the vote for woman, organized crime, loan sharking, juvenile justice, homelessness, police corruption, immigration – in their first decades movies brought an astonishing range of issues to the screen. [...] Treasures III brings this period to life ...

National Film Preservation Foundation

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