Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
2009•1h 32m•Released
Documentary
In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People. — Spark Media
Director
Andrea Kalin
Languages
English
Studio
Spark Media
Cast
Patricia Clarkson
Self - Narrator (voice)
Studs Terkel
Self
Stetson Kennedy
Self
Douglas Brinkley
Self
Jonathan Holloway
Richard Ford
Amy Bloom
Production
Company
Spark Media
Producer
Andrea Kalin
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