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Down and Out in America
Video tape coverDirected by Lee Grant Produced by Joseph Feury
Milton Justice
Carol CuddyNarrated by Lee Grant Music by Tom Manoff Cinematography Tom Hurwitz Editing by Milton Moses Ginsberg Release date(s) 1986 Running time 57 minutes Country United States Language English Down and Out in America is a 1986 Academy Award-winning documentary film that critiques Reaganomics by showing examples of poverty in the United States. It won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[1] tying with Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got.
References
- ^ "NY Times: Down and Out in America". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/14492/Down-and-Out-in-America/details. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
External links
- Down and Out in America at the Internet Movie Database
- Down and Out in America at AllRovi
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- Films directed by Lee Grant
- Documentary films about poverty
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- Poverty in the United States
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