Down and Out in America (1986)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
0h 57min
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- Synopsis:
- Three sectors of American society hit by recession in the mid-1980's: heartland farms, factory workers out of a job, and the new homeless. In Minnesota, 250 family farms are being repossesed each week; men and women talk about their farms, the nature of their bank loans, the onslaught of corporate farming, and their sorrow and despair. In cities where 3,500 jobs per day go overseas, unemployed workers contemplate their options. The newly homeless talk about the jobs they've lost, "Justice Ville" in Los Angeles (bulldozed by court order), and squatting in New York's abandoned buildings. A family living in a welfare hotel tells their story.
- Actors:
- Jeff Farmer, Bob Hanson, Robert Hayes, Ted Hayes, Ann Kanten, Bob Killeen, Jim Langman, Nancy Minte, Tom Styron
- Directors:
- Lee Grant
- Producers:
- Joseph Feury, Milton Justice
- Voiced By:
- Lee Grant
- Narrated By:
- Lee Grant
- Others:
- Joseph Feury, Milton Justice
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
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