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And So They Live

Duration: 22

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1940

Creator: Educational Film institute new york university

Format: 16mm/video file

Sound: sound

Description:

AND SO THEY LIVE. (1940, sound, 22 min, b&w, 35mm)

Sponsor: Alfred p. Sloan Foundation. Production Co.: Educational Film institute, new york university; university of Kentucky. Directors/Producers: John Ferno, Julian roffman. Writers: John Ferno, Edwin Locke, Julian roffman. Music: Lee Gron. Editor: irving Lerner. Narrators: George tiplady, House Jamison. Resources: Copyright not registered; Living Films, 27; EFG (1949), 340; Ec Ed, 2; Film Forum Review staff, “And So They Live,” in Ideas, 158. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Macdonald.

Stark, realistic documentary showing poorly educated “mountain peoples” living in poverty and stricken with disease. Their solace comes in strong family bonds and the prospect of improved educational opportunities. note: Shot in Kentucky, the film was made in conjunc- tion with The Children Must Learn (entry 75). John Ferno had been a cameraman for Joris Ivens and Henri Storck. Irving Lerner had a lengthy career as a producer, editor, and direc- tor; see Thomas J. Brandon, “Irving Lerner: A Filmography and Bibliography,” Cinema Journal 18 (Autumn 1978): 53–60.

, Stark, realistic documentary showing poorly educated "mountain peoples" living in poverty and stricken with disease. Their solace comes in strong family bonds and the prospect of improved educational opportunities. (Prelinger, Rick. "The Field Guide to Sponsored Films." San Francisco: NFPF, 2006)

Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film.

Summary

Doc./ents the gap between the everyday needs of a particular southern rural community and the actual instruction in its schools. Shows the poverty, lack of proper diet and sanitation, and the need to adapt the school program to the community's needs.

Complete Record:

AND SO THEY LIVE. (1940, sound, 22 min, b&w, 35mm) Sponsor: Alfred p. Sloan Foundation. Production Co.: Educational Film institute, new york university; university of Kentucky. Directors/Producers: John Ferno, Julian roffman. Writers: John Ferno, Edwin Locke, Julian roffman. Music: Lee Gron. Editor: irving Lerner. Narrators: George tiplady, House Jamison. Resources: Copyright not registered; Living Films, 27; EFG (1949), 340; Ec Ed, 2; Film Forum Review staff, “And So They Live,” in Ideas, 158. Holdings: LC/prelinger, Macdonald. Stark, realistic documentary showing poorly educated “mountain peoples” living in poverty and stricken with disease. Their solace comes in strong family bonds and the prospect of improved educational opportunities. note: Shot in Kentucky, the film was made in conjunc- tion with The Children Must Learn (entry 75). John Ferno had been a cameraman for Joris Ivens and Henri Storck. Irving Lerner had a lengthy career as a producer, editor, and direc- tor; see Thomas J. Brandon, “Irving Lerner: A Filmography and Bibliography,” Cinema Journal 18 (Autumn 1978): 53–60.
, Stark, realistic documentary showing poorly educated "mountain peoples" living in poverty and stricken with disease. Their solace comes in strong family bonds and the prospect of improved educational opportunities. (Prelinger, Rick. "The Field Guide to Sponsored Films." San Francisco: NFPF, 2006) Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film. Summary Doc./ents the gap between the everyday needs of a particular southern rural community and the actual instruction in its schools. Shows the poverty, lack of proper diet and sanitation, and the need to adapt the school program to the community's needs.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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