Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Synopsis

In the grip of the Great Depression, unemployed men and women joined an unlikely WPA program to document America in guidebooks and interviews. With the Federal Writers' Project, the government pitted young, untested talents against the problems of everyday Americans. From that experience, some of America's great writers found their own voices, and discovered the Soul of a People. — Spark Media

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Key crew

• Andrea KalinDirector
• Joseph VitarelliOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Patricia ClarksonSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Studs TerkelSelf
• Stetson KennedySelf
• Douglas BrinkleySelf
• Jonathan HollowayCast
• Richard FordCast
• Amy BloomCast

Themes