Her Socialist Smile

Sep 18, 2020

1h 33m

★ 5.0

Overview

The memory of a particular moment in early 20th century history when, in 1913, Helen Keller (1880-1968), a deaf-blind writer, lecturer and political activist, spoke, for the first time and in public, about socialism and progressive causes.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

JustFilms / Ford Foundation

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Carolyn Forché

Self

Noam Chomsky

Peppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps from the house of local boss Tano Badalamenti, Peppino decides to expose the Mafia by using a pirate radio station to broadcast his political pronouncements in the form of ironic humour.

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My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

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6.7

The King: Stephen King's America

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Untitled Assata Shakur Documentary

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Her Socialist Smile

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