The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Denis Podalydès

Reciter (voice)

Age : 61 | Popularity : 7%

Gavin Jones

Self, professor, Stanford University

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Susan Schillinglaw

Self, professor of English, San Jose State University

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Self, professor of English literature

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Pap Ndiaye

Self, historian

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Delphine Coulin

Self, writer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sharon Garrison

Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Dale Gibson

Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Muriel Meynard
Directing	Director	Priscilla Pizzato
Writing	Writer	Priscilla Pizzato
Editing	Editor	Yohann Le Rallier
Department	Role	Name

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