Ironweed Film Club No. 38: Waging a Living/ Rosevelt’s America/ Unhitched
March 2, 2011Ironweed Film Club No. 38: Waging a Living/ Rosevelt’s America/ Unhitched
Call Number: IWFC_no 38
by: Roger Weisberg; Tod Lending; Erin Hudson; Ben Wu; Ironweed Film Club.; Public Policy Productions, Inc.; P.O.V. (Firm); Stanford University. Dept. of Communication.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [San Francisco] : Ironweed Film Club, ©2008.
Notes: Issue: January 2009 (123 mins.); Contains 1 Feature Film, 2 Shorts and DVD Extras.
Summary: Three films tell personal stories of the working poor–hard-working Americans who, despite effort, determination, and playing-by-the-rules, face impossible odds in the struggle to pull themselves and their families out of poverty. Waging a living follows four workers who are “hustling backwards,” working fulltime and even overtime but unable to pull ahead of rising expenses. Rosevelt’s America tells the story of immigrant Rosevelt Henderson, who fled a bloody civil war in Liberia with three children and a grandchild and is grateful for any chance, however difficult and beneath his skills, to work hard enough to bring his wife and new baby to America. In Unhitched, we meet poor individuals and families living in travel trailers that now serve as permanent dwellings. For many, the opportunity to park their “homes” in Faerie Ring Campground keeps them off the dangerous streets, thus offering them the community they need to try, once again, to struggle out of poverty and pursue the “American dream”.
Summary: Three films tell personal stories of the working poor–hard-working Americans who, despite effort, determination, and playing-by-the-rules, face impossible odds in the struggle to pull themselves and their families out of poverty. Waging a living follows four workers who are “hustling backwards,” working fulltime and even overtime but unable to pull ahead of rising expenses. Rosevelt’s America tells the story of immigrant Rosevelt Henderson, who fled a bloody civil war in Liberia with three children and a grandchild and is grateful for any chance, however difficult and beneath his skills, to work hard enough to bring his wife and new baby to America. In Unhitched, we meet poor individuals and families living in travel trailers that now serve as permanent dwellings. For many, the opportunity to park their “homes” in Faerie Ring Campground keeps them off the dangerous streets, thus offering them the community they need to try, once again, to struggle out of poverty and pursue the “American dream”.
OCLC #: 299615961
Added: March 2, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
