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DESCRIPTION:\nFilm evenings begin with potluck refreshments and social hour at  6:30 
 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after the 
 film.\n\nOur Daily Bread\nby King Vidor\n\nThis historic film of the Great 
 Depression of the 1930s is filled with wonderful period pieces — mostly 
 carefully chosen newsreel and movie clips — that weave a woeful tale of 
 the Depression.  Strangely enough, it’s exhilarating, showing the courage 
 and perseverance of individual Americans as well as the country as they 
 faced the 1929 Crash and struggled through the grim thirties.  This classic 
 film is actually an uneven mix of brilliance and corn bread, good old 
 American know-how and “unAmerican” socialism mixed and stirred.  
 Looking back, we see that our current hardships are not as bad as that of 
 the former generations and this film might give us encouragement to 
 overcome hardships of today.\n\nThe film depicts a couple, down on their 
 luck during the Great Depression, who move to a farm to try to make a go of 
 living off the land.  They don’t have a clue at first, but soon find 
 other people down on their luck to help them.  Soon they have a collective 
 of people, some from the big city, who work together on the farm.  There is 
 a severe drought, killing the crops.  The couple arouse the cooperative to 
 discover a way to fight the drought and bring back the dying crops.  
 Everyone on the farm dig a ditch by hand almost two miles long to divert 
 water from a creek to irrigate the crops.  The film depicts the virtues of 
 collective, non-corporate action, self-sufficiency, and the rewards of 
 hard-work rather than the rewards of rapacious finance 
 capitalism.\n\nWheelchair accessible around the corner at  411  28th  
 Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/30/18686512.php
SUMMARY:Our Daily Bread
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/30/18686512.php
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