42m
Director: Robin King
Synopsis (WorldCat): “Reminiscences of John Handcox, 79 year old black poet, songwriter, and former member of the 1930’s Southern Tenant Farmers Union in Arkansas.”
Author Archives: Metro Council
The Great Bazaar (2005)
56m; Mozambique
Director: Licínio Azevedo
Cast: Edmundo Mondlane, Chano Orlando, Chico António, Paito Tcheco, Manuel Adamo
Synopsis: A 12-year-old vendor, robbed in an African suburb, pursues his young robbers into the city. He begins to live in a market square that at night becomes a dormitory for homeless vendors.
The Great Depression (1934)
9m; U.S.
Director: Maurice Bailen
Synopsis: This low-budget independent documentary provides memorable social history of the people and events of 1934 in Chicago.
Great Expectations (Grosse Erwartungen) [2007]
7m; Germany
Director: Pascal Leister
Synopsis: Think you’re having a bad day? Try being trapped in your apartment on the day of your big job interview.
Contact: Found on 2007 Palms Springs Shorts Film Festival: http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=19323&FID=31
The Great Swindle (1948)
36m; U.S.
Synopsis: A presentation of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers position versus the National Association of Manufacturers in the latter’s successful campaign to force termination of government price controls. It explains the relationship between wages, prices, profits and monopoly control.
The Great White Hope (1970)
103m; U.S.
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander and Lou Gilbert
Synopsis: Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) as a boxer, dealing with the racism and hatred of early-20th century white America.
Great World of Sound (2007)
106m; U.S.
Director: Craig Zobel
Cast: John Baker, Frances Green and James Green
Synopsis: When a man answers an ad to train as a record producer, he’s excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered artists only to discover his new job isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Greed (1924)
124m; U.S.
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Synopsis: Story of miner-turned-dentist and obsession with money.
The Greening of Southie (2008)
72m; U.S.
Director: Ian Cheney
Synopsis: Documentary about Boston’s first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it.
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