Which best explains the uneven impact of the new deal on ethnic minorities

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows which best explains the uneven impact of the new deal on ethnic minorities

poster Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth
(3.7/5)
94mn - History, Drama
At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican-American workers protest the unsafe work conditions and unequal wages compared to their Anglo counterparts. Ramon Quintero helps organize the strike, but he is sh…
poster The Making of an American
The Making of an American
14mn -
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
poster The Half-Breed
The Half-Breed
(3.4/5)
72mn - Western
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan D…
poster The Symbol of the Unconquered
The Symbol of the Unconquered
59mn - Drama
Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a dashing black settler named Hugh Van Allen, and quickly …
poster Move On
Move On
2mn - Documentary
In certain sections of New York City large numbers of Jewish and Italian push-cart vendors congregate so closely along the sidewalks that they interfere with traffic. Policemen keep them moving. The pictu…
poster Taken for a Ride
Taken for a Ride
(4/5)
52mn - Documentary
How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.
poster The River
The River
31mn - Documentary
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farmi…
poster A Simple Matter of Justice
A Simple Matter of Justice
58mn -
A powerful and moving piece documenting the lesbian, gay and bisexual movement in the early 1990s, A Simple Matter of Justice expresses all the emotions of the joyful protest that was the 1993 March on Wa…
poster Mohawk
Mohawk
(2.6/5)
79mn - Action, Western
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the arm…
poster An American in the Making
An American in the Making
15mn -
An Immigrant has come to the United States and is sponsored by a relative. He takes him to find employment and show him how the American work is protected by showing different types of safety equipment.
poster Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat
Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat
1mn - Animation
This short 1919 cartoon, produced by Ford Motor Company, shows a farmer Uncle Sam braining a huge rat branded with "I.W.W." (Industrial Workers of the World) before it can eat the grain.
poster Steel Toes
Steel Toes
(3.1/5)
Nonemn - Drama, Crime
Rage and intolerance collide with compassion Academy-Award nominated David Strathairn portrays Danny Dunkleman, a Jewish liberal humanist, and the court-appointed lawyer representing Mike Downey, a Neo-Na…
poster The Consequences of Feminism
The Consequences of Feminism
7mn - Comedy
It's a society in which gender roles are switched. Will men stand to be unequal?
poster Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
(2.8/5)
75mn - Western
In 1775, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone leads thirty settler families into the treacherous wilderness of Kentucky territory, where they face deadly raids by Native Americans led by the renegade white…
poster Making an American Citizen
Making an American Citizen
(2.7/5)
11mn - Drama
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
poster Girl on a Chain Gang
Girl on a Chain Gang
96mn - Drama
Three young travelers driving through the Deep South encounter corrupt police who frame them on false charges, subjecting them to a brutal ordeal of racial hatred and systematic abuse that exposes the dar…
poster The Lawless Years
The Lawless Years
(3.8/5)
Nonemn - Crime, Drama
In the heart of Prohibition-era New York, Detective Barney Ruditsky faces his deadliest challenge yet when ruthless gangster Billy Boy Creel orchestrates an assassination plot against a rival gang leader.…
poster The Crowd
The Crowd
(4.1/5)
98mn - Drama
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid th…
poster Rent Control
Rent Control
95mn - Romance, Comedy, Short
Aspiring actors in New York try to keep the death of one's aunt a secret so they can stay in her cheap apartment.
poster Manhattan Tower
Manhattan Tower
(3.2/5)
67mn - Drama
When a naive secretary invests her life savings with her charming but corrupt boss in the gleaming Manhattan Tower, she unwittingly becomes entangled in a web of embezzlement, forbidden romance, and high-…
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