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Projections of America

(Projections of America)
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Original Title : Projections of America
Time : 52 Min
Genre : Documentary, Biography, History
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2014
Director : Peter Miller
Writer : Peter Miller
Producer : Antje Boehmert, Peter Miller, Christian J. Popp
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : Germany, United States, Finland
Original Language : English, German, French
About : Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The filmmakers created powerful short documentaries that showed...See moreAcademy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Riskin headed up a secret film unit that sought to redefine America in the eyes of the world during the darkest days of World War II. The filmmakers created powerful short documentaries that showed America's strength not through images of tanks, but in portraits of farmers, school children and window washers. The "Projections of America" films were brilliant, moving portraits of America that were unlike any films ever made before, but seventy years later they are forgotten, hidden away in government archives. Narrated by John Lithgow, PROJECTIONS OF AMERICA tells the dramatic story of Riskin and his team, and the risks they took to project a profoundly democratic vision of the nation that would soon emerge as the most powerful on earth. Written by anonymous See less Read more: Plot summary

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