Down and Out in America

57m
DocumentaryHistory
6.6

The recession of the 1980s split the country into the haves and have-nots, from family farmers to factory workers and homeless people forced to live in decrepit welfare hotels. On the verge of losing everything, courageous Americans discover the power of community organizing to fight injustice.

Cast

Lee Grant
Narrator (voice)

Crew

Lee Grant
Director
Milton Moses Ginsberg
Editor
Tom Hurwitz
Director of Photography
Joseph Feury
First Assistant Director, Producer, Production Manager
Milton Justice
Producer
Carol Cuddy
Associate Producer
Catherine Shields
Assistant Camera
Eric Swanek
Assistant Camera
Bill Megalos
Additional Camera
Paul Goldsmith
Additional Camera
Robert Warmflash
Post Production Supervisor
Richard S. Goldberg
Sound Effects Editor
Petur Hliddal
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mathew Price
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Maryte Kavaliauskas
Sound
Tom Manoff
Original Music Composer
Jonathan Mann
Music Producer
Dean Wetherell
Associate Editor
Prudence Glass
Researcher, Development Producer

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