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The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

Priscilla Pizzato

2019 • 54m

In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are at loggerheads over the odyssey of the Joad family, tenant farmers from Oklahoma who, like thousands of o...

The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

Cast

Denis Podalydès

Denis PodalydèsReciter (voice)

Gavin Jones

Gavin JonesSelf, professor, Stanford University

Susan SchillinglawSelf, professor of English, San Jose State University

Marie-Christine Lemardeley

Marie-Christine LemardeleySelf, professor of English literature

Pap Ndiaye

Pap NdiayeSelf, historian

Delphine Coulin

Delphine CoulinSelf, writer

Sharon GarrisonSelf, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

Dale GibsonSelf, former resident of Arvin Farm Labor Camp

John Steinbeck

John SteinbeckSelf (archive footage)

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