American winter / View Film presents ; a Gantz Brothers film ; co-director, Harry Gantz ; directed by Joe Gantz ; produced by Joe & Harry Gantz.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Gantz, Joe, film director, film producer, director, producer.

Gantz, Harry, film director, film producer, director, producer.

Butler, Aaron I., film producer, editor of moving image work, producer, editor.

Terrill, Devon, film producer, producer.

Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott), music director, composer.

Thelander, Patrick, director of photography, composer.

Morris, Dan, director of photography, director of photography.

View Film, Inc., production company, producer.

HBO Documentary Films, producer.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Family services--United States.

Family services.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[United States] : View Film, Inc. [2013]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

DVD format; NTSC, region 1.

digital optical surround Dolby digital 5:1

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Documentary feature film that follows the personal stories of families struggling in the aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Filmed over the course of one winter in one American city, the film presents an intimate snapshot of the state of the nation's economy as it is playing out in millions of American families, and highlights the human consequences of the decline of the middle class and the fracturing of the American Dream.

Credits:

Co-producers, Aaron I. Butler & Devon Terrill ; editor, Aaron I. Butler ; music, Joel Goodman ; directors of photography, Patrick Thelander, Dan Morris.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.

Special features: Senate hearing "State of the American Dream", June 6, 2013, featuring testimony from American Winter families; family interviews

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

OCLC:

865099208

Publisher Number:

806838236990