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Apr 24, 2020 · Down and Out in America TRAILER. Hope Runs High Films. 178 subscribers. 37. 3.5K views 3 years ago. Academy Award winner Lee Grant's Oscar winning gut-punch of a film returns for the...
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Dec 4, 1985 · Down and Out in America: Directed by Lee Grant. With Lee Grant, Jeff Farmer, Bob Hanson, Robert Hayes. A recession in the mid-1980s affects Minnesota farm workers, unemployed urban workers and the newly homeless in Los Angeles and New York.
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Trailer. A recession in the mid-1980s affects Minnesota farm workers, unemployed urban workers and the newly homeless in Los Angeles and New York.
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The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live in decrepit welfare hotels. On the verge of losing everything, courageous Americans discover the power of community organizing to fight injustice.
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Down and Out in America is a 1986 American documentary film directed by Lee Grant. The documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 59th Academy Awards, tied with Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got.
A recession in the mid-1980s affects Minnesota farm workers, unemployed urban workers and the newly homeless in Los Angeles and New York.
- Documentary
Down and Out in America directed by Lee Grant. Watch the trailer, learn more and read about American Film Institute alumni.
