Projections of America

2015 | 52 minutes | 5.0 ★ (1)

Projections of America
  • Overview

    Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The filmmakers created powerful short documentaries that showed America's strength not through images of tanks, but in portraits of farmers, school children and window washers. The "Projections of America" films were brilliant, moving portraits of America that were unlike any films ever made before, but seventy years later they are forgotten, hidden away in government archives.

  • Release Date

    10 February 2015

  • DirectingPeter Miller
  • Budget

    $0.00

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    $0.00

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