Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

2009NR1h 32m7.6

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...

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.

Info about Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Studio(s): Spark Media

Originally Released: Sep 06, 2009

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary