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Title Portrait of a muckraker : the stories of Jessica Mitford / produced by Stephen Evans, Ida Landauer, and James Morgan
Published New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (57 min.)
Series Filmakers Library online
Summary This award-winning program is a wise and witty portrait of the outspoken activist, Jessica Mitford, whose scathing expose of the funeral industry, The American Way of Death, gained her instant notoriety. From her acid pen came The Trial of Dr. Spock, a critique of the 1968 trial of the Boston Five. Next came Kind and Unusual Punishment, a catalyzing force behind the prison reform movement. The story of Mitford's life is interwoven with the issues of post-war America - civil rights, communism and the anti-war movement. Personal recollections, archival footage, and accounts by family and friends round out this portrait of a woman whose dedication to causes has led to significant social change
Audience For High School; College; Adult audiences
Notes English
Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival, 1988
Silver Apple, National Educational Film Festival, 1987
Print version record
Subject Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996.
SUBJECT Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996 fast
Genre/Form Documentary
Documentary.
Form Streaming video
Author Evans, Stephen
Landauer, Ida
Morgan, James, producer
KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)