The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

2019
54m
6.2

6.2/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
ARTE Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
English French

Quick Facts

Original Title Le Roman de la colère
Release Date October 2, 2019
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt11127676

Cast

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

Sharon Garrison
Sharon Garrison

Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

Dale Gibson
Dale Gibson

Self, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Priscilla Pizzato
Director
Priscilla Pizzato
Writer
Muriel Meynard
Producer