Let Us Now Praise Famous Men Revisited
Retraces the 1936 recording of journalist James Agee's and photographer Walker Evans' classic book on the subject of tenant farmers (Hale County, Alabama), "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," interviewing surviving members of the focal families. Epilogue, "Want in the Midst of Plenty," includes comments by Pete Daniel, Historian/Curator, Smithsonian Institution ; Leon Litwack, Historian, U. Cal./Berkeley; and Tillie Olsen, author. From YouTube Epilogue, "Want in the Midst of Plenty," includes comments by Pete Daniel, Historian/Curator, Smithsonian Institution ; Leon Litwack, Historian, U. Cal./Berkeley; and Tillie Olsen, author The American experience with David McCullough is presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles
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- James Agee, Walker Evans, Alan Yentob, Carol Bell, Pete Daniel, Leon F Litwack, Tillie Olsen, David G McCullough
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