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We Work Again

  • 19371937
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 15m
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6.1/10
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ShortDocumentary
A tribute to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in their efforts to find jobs for African-Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s.A tribute to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in their efforts to find jobs for African-Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s.A tribute to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in their efforts to find jobs for African-Americans during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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6.1/10
146
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  • Stars
    • Charles Collins
    • Eric Burroughs(uncredited)
    • Lawrence Chenault(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Collins
    • Eric Burroughs(uncredited)
    • Lawrence Chenault(uncredited)
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    Charles Collins
    • Macduff
    Eric Burroughs
    • Hecate
    • (uncredited)
    Lawrence Chenault
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Alma Dickson
    • The Duchess
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Ellis
    • Macbeth
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    Juanita Hall
    Juanita Hall
    • Self - Choir Director
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    Zola King
    • Third Witch
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    Edna Thomas
    • Lady Macbeth
    • (uncredited)
    Josephine Williams
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    Wilhelmina Williams
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    • Trivia
      Contains the last five minutes of the Federal Works Project production of "Voodoo Macbeth", directed by Orson Welles.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: A number of household training schools have been established by WPA. In these schools, girls from relief families prepare for domestic work which will make them self-supporting. Others take the course in order to learn the arts of home-making for use in their own homes. In modern kitchens, under competent instructors, the girls are taught to cook and prepare salads and other delicacies which add much to everyday meals.

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      The narrator credits Juanita Hall as the choir director during the sequence showing the choir. She is barely visible at the left.
    • Connections
      Featured in American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)
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      Ezekial Saw the Wheel
      Conducted by Juanita Hall

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    4/10
    An important historical document as well as political propaganda
    This is not an especially entertaining film, but it is important because of its historical value. It's a propaganda film that extols the virtues of the WPA and it's efforts at job training and work programs. As you listen to it and hear how positively the program SOUNDS like it was, you get the impression that the Depression was over--or nearly so. Unfortunately, it was not and the WPA was more a public relations coup--creating a sense of hope that didn't solve things, but at least made the people feel better about their lives. In other words, the film was a historical record of the government trying to win the public relations war--on which they did an incredible job.

    As for the film and its production values, it's only fair. The narration is somber and heavy-handed and there is way too much singing. On the positive side, all the Black-Americans singing, while not especially good for the flow of the film, did provide a nice historical record.
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    • Feb 23, 2010

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      • United States
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Bolling Field, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Federal Works Agency
      • Works Progress Administration
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    • 15 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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