John Steinbeck's The Forgotten Village

Starring: Burgess Meredith Director: Alexander Hackensmid & Herbert Kline

An excellent documentary depicting the modernization and conflict of a small Mexican village. Written by John Steinbeck.

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DVD Features:

Run Time: 1 hours, 4 minutes
Video: Black & White
Released: April 27, 2010
Originally Released: 1941
Label: Alpha Video
Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring		Burgess Meredith
Directed by		Alexander Hackensmid & Herbert Kline

Description by OLDIES.com:

John Steinbeck's powerful protest story about remote Mexican villagers trapped in a dark ages life of witchcraft and despair is brought vividly to life in this 1941 Pan-American Films production. Outstanding location photography by co-director Alexander Hackensmid and the employment of actual peasants instead of actors combine for a powerful cinematic experience. Two years prior, narrator Burgess Meredith achieved fame for his remarkable performance in Lewis Milestone's production Of Mice And Men.

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A brilliantly-photographed, sincere documentary of village life in Mexico with a script by Steinbeck. The film depicts the conflict between modern science and native religions when a typhoid epidemic sweeps the village's children. The censors of the time took issue with a scene that showed a woman in childbirth.

Plot Keywords:

Diseases | Documentary | Education | Mexican | Mexico