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

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5.4

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7.6

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7.8

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5.0

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7.8

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6.0

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7.6

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6.0

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0.0

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6.6

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6.9

Seeing Allred

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6.5

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0.0

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5.6

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7.9

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0.0

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