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Key West: Bohemia in the Tropics
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Key West: Bohemia in the Tropics

Nov 22, 2010
0h 27m
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Overview

Engaging and light-hearted story of how a radical New Deal economic experiment during the Great Depression created an image of Key West in the popular culture and how that image became the island’s destiny. The film features interviews with famous contemporary writers, such as Gore Vidal and Russell Banks, and newly uncovered archival photos and footage, including rare Hemingway home movies.

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Documentary
History

Production Companies

WLRN-TV
Knockemdown Productions

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