America Today

America Today (1934)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1934-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 11min
  • Language: No Language
  • Production Company: Workers Film and Photo League
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Leo Hurwitz

Summary

One of the key works in creating the American social documentary film, this 1934 newsreel compilation crams a lot of information into just 11 minutes. Skillfully edited, the picture captures a panorama of international events centered on the labor movement. Scenes include Mussolini, Hitler and FDR preparing for war, Nazi soldiers persecuting German Jews, a political strike in Paris, the Scottsboro demonstration in Washington, DC, police violence against striking steelworkers in Pennsylvania and union members stopping scab workers from delivering milk during a dairy farmers strike in Wisconsin. Under the direction of pioneering documentarian Leo Hurwitz, the images are edited together to create a powerful image of a world that, in his view, desperately needed radical change.

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