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In Context: Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, a portrait of friendship and loneliness, is a tribute to the half million who headed to California in search of work and the American dream. In this program, Dr. Susan Shillinglaw of the Center for Steinbeck Studies discusses labor exploitation in the Salinas valley during the Depression era to reinforce an appreciation of the precarious lifestyle faced by migrant laborers. Passages from the novella; interviews and archival footage and photos of Wall Street, FDR, the Dust Bowl, and the 1936 lettuce strike; and an excerpt from Woody Guthrie’s Bound for Glory add depth to this powerful study. A BBC Production. (20 minutes)

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Item#: BVL8858
Copyright date: ©1997
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5754-2


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