CinemaOSMovie · 2015 · 0h 52m · NR

Projections of America

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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 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.

Directed byPeter Miller

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Released
Runtime
0h 52m
Language
EN
Released
March 28, 2015
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DOCDAYS ProductionsWillow Pond Films

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Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring
John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Directed by
Peter Miller
Written by
Peter Miller
Produced by
Antje Boehmert
Antje Boehmert
Peter Miller

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