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Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, an everyday common-man hero, James J. Braddock was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. With the Depression going strong in the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-boxer was seemingly as broken-down and out-of-luck as the rest of the America. Driven by love and determination, he returned to the ring. He did not have much of a shot, but James was fueled by something beyond mere competition. He kept...
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts--escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi--and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student (Robert Pattinson) and a beautiful circus performer from a bygone era (Reese Witherspoon) meet and fall in love through their shared compassion for a special elephant. But their secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband (Christoph Waltz).
Series
Studio classic volume 17
Language
English
Description
The Joad family from Oklahoma has seen their share of hardship but when the Dust Bowl strikes and crops start to fail they, along with thousands of other midwesterners, head to California.
7) Paper moon
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
A smooth-talking con man and a nine-year-old orphan are up to tricks in depression-era Kansas. Also includes a prologue by Peter Bogdanovich in which he shares insights about being a director and goes behind the scenes of Paper Moon.
Publisher
Feature Films for the Families
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas time and Booky is trying to bring her family the best Christmas possible. But when her dad loses his job and her family falls on hard times, it looks like she's going to need a miracle. Watch as Booky teams up with friends, family and a very secret Santa to save Christmas.
10) Sounder
Publisher
Koch Vision
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
An extremely powerful and uplifting story about a family of black sharecroppers, the Morgans, set in rural Louisiana during the 1930s.
Series
Studio classic volume 17
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Australasia [distributor]
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey", this is the story of three convicts, escapees from a prison farm in Mississippi, and their adventure as they travel home in hopes of recovering buried loot before it's lost forever in a flood.
14) Strong of heart
Series
Publisher
Stepping Stones Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014, ©2013.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true strory. Norman Kamp dreams of riding a horse just like Hopalong Cassidy and won't let polio hold him back. America is in the midst of the Great Depression and the Kamp family is overwhelmed by the dismal economy. Everything begins to change when they scrape together a dollar in coins to use for a gift exchange.
Publisher
Marengo Films
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A Farewell to Arms (1932): An American ambulance driver in the Italian Army in WWI falls in love with a British nurse. Meet John Doe (1941): Depression era story about a man down on his luck who is thrown into the public arena by unscrupulous forces.
16) Booky's crush
Publisher
Stepping Stones Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2010], �2009
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Beatrice "Booky" Thomson has a crush on the new boy, Georgie Dunlop, and must contain her infatuation when her teacher, Mr. Spencer, announced an upcoming dance.
17) Sounder
Publisher
Sterling Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Story of a black sharecropper family in Louisiana during the Depression. A father steals food for his family; his wife provides love, security and strength while he is in prison; and their oldest son bravely becomes the man of the house until his father returns.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding (Sally Fields) and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships
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