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Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream

  • 20092009
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Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream (2009)
The film follows the personal stories of African-Americans, now in their 80's and 90's who migrated north in the 1940's to the war factories of Muskegon Michigan.The documentary is narrated by Cicely Tyson. A national perspective is given by Civil Rights
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The film follows the personal stories of African-Americans, now in their 80's and 90's who migrated north in the 1940's to the war factories of Muskegon Michigan.The film follows the personal stories of African-Americans, now in their 80's and 90's who migrated north in the 1940's to the war factories of Muskegon Michigan.The film follows the personal stories of African-Americans, now in their 80's and 90's who migrated north in the 1940's to the war factories of Muskegon Michigan.

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    • James Schaub
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    • Barbara Roos
    • James Schaub
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    • Naeink Naeink
    • John Q. Williams
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    The film follows the personal stories of African-Americans, now in their 80's and 90's who migrated north in the 1940's to the war factories of Muskegon Michigan. —Anonymous
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    • third world
    • student film
    • spiritual
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