Down and Out in America

Name: Down and Out in America
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 67

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1986

57m

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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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Glenn Dunks

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A deeply empathetic feature that presents the socio-economic disparity of America in simple and unadorned fashion.

Nov 2, 2020

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Its prescience is particularly striking given that the issues it addresses were largely brand-new 35 years ago.

Oct 12, 2020

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An Academy Award winning documentary about the the appalling homeless situation in the USA. The film focuses on three areas 1) American Farmlands 2) Homelessness in LA 3) Homelessness in NYC. Although this film was produced in 1986 it's really tragic to see how little has actually changed. The story of the homeless society in LA that was actually supporting one another & was just simply bulldozed & everything they set up was gone. The story of the struggling family in NYC is by far the most tragic & impacting. They lost their Brooklyn apartment due to a fire & forced into homeless accommodation that is appalling. When they pour out the hopelessness of their situation it's truly heartbreaking, this is an important documentary.

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01/31/23

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A recession in the mid-1980s affects Minnesota farm workers, unemployed urban workers and the newly homeless in Los Angeles and New York.

Director: Lee Grant
Production Co: HBO Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 57m

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