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Entries from Chicagoist tagged with 'theplowthatbroketheplains'

April 14, 2008

Banks collapsing. Economic uncertainty. A widening gap between the rich and the poor. Which era are we describing? Roosevelt's New Deal constituted a whole series of programs and initiatives aimed at getting the country back on its feet. The Works Progress Administration gave regular employment to many artists, photographers and filmmakers. Columbia College has organized a 75th anniversary program of many New Deal films, which runs this Wednesday. Included are several influential but hard-to-see......

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