The People Left Behind

Series: Public Broadcast Laboratory Series

Year Published: 1968

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Depicts the plight of Mississippi's ex-plantation laborers whose jobs have been eliminated by the cotton picking machine, minimum-wage laws and legislation, which pays farmers for not cultivating land. Former plantation workers describe their situation and show scenes of their impoverished environment.

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