Film
Millions of Us
1935 · 16m · Drama
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- 6.0
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Overview
Millions of Us (1935) is an early example of American labor-left filmmaking that experiments with enacted forms, anticipating Frontier Films’s renowned People of the Cumberland (1938) and Native Land (1942). Produced surreptitiously in Hollywood in 1934-5, the film dramatizes the plight of millions of unemployed workers amidst the Depression. This message is filtered through the story of a single “forgotten man” who walks the streets in desperate search of a job. Driven by hunger, he contemplates becoming a scab. A union man intervenes, coaching him to recognize common interests with his brethren. He is ultimately converted to the cause of trade unionism.
Crew
- Slavko VorkapichDirector
- Tina TaylorDirector
- Gail WestWriter
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1935
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Drama
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