| 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. |
| Release Date: |
Jan 01, 1935 |
| Director: |
Tina Taylor,
Slavko Vorkapich
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| Writer: |
Gail West
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| Genres: |
Drama
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| Production Companies |
American Labor Films, Inc.
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| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
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| Updates |
Updated: Jun 24, 2024
Entered: Jun 24, 2024
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