| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (98 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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013735 |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2017. |
| Summary |
Prolific filmmaker and ethnographer Yale Strom has turned his attention to an early American political hero: Eugene Victor Debs. Bernie Sanders inspired a generation - but who inspired him? Most people in America don't know that the contemporary political movement to address income inequality began over 100 years ago with Debs. American Socialist is the culmination of five years of research and production. Its inspiration was the use of the word "socialist" as a political epithet, and Strom wanted to define and contextualize the term. In doing so, his film traces the history of American populism with the man who inspired progressive ideas - from FDR's New Deal to Bernie's presidential campaign. Here is an objective but passionate history of the movement as founded and championed by Debs, a movement that continues to have an impact on our lives today. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Debs, Eugene V., 1855-1926.
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Socialists -- Biography -- United States.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Strom, Yale. film director.
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First Run Features (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
3181012 Kanopy |
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