The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America
The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

6.2

0 hr 54 min

2019-10-02

4

In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are at loggerheads over the odyssey of the Joad family, tenant farmers from Oklahoma who, like thousands of others, were driven from their land during the Great Depression. Eighty years have passed since the famous work was published, and 90 years since the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. To mark this occasion, the documentary examines the genesis of the novel, its themes, its renewed reception during the financial crisis of 2008.

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Characters

Denis Podalydès

Denis Podalydès

Reciter (voice)

Gavin Jones

Gavin Jones

Self, professor, Stanford University

Susan Schillinglaw

Susan Schillinglaw

Self, professor of English, San Jose State University

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Self, professor of English literature

Pap Ndiaye

Pap Ndiaye

Self, historian

Delphine Coulin

Delphine Coulin

Self, writer

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