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The Great Depression (1993– )
TV Series | Documentary, History

The Great Depression (1993– )

TV Series | Documentary, History

A 7-hour chronicle of the era in America. It uses newsreels, archival photos and footage, Hollywood films and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of the Great Depression from the end of the 1920s to World War II Narrated by Joe Morton.

Seasons

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Directors

Dante James (as Dante J. James) | Susan Bellows | Jon Else | Lyn Goldfarb | Stephen Stept

Writers

Steve Fayer (series writer) | Dante James (written by) | Susan Bellows | Jon Else (writer) & 3 more

Producers

Dante James (producer) (as Dante J. James) | Susan Bellows (producer) | Jon Else (producer) | Lyn Goldfarb (producer) | Stephen Stept (producer)

Composer

Brian Keane

Cinematographers

Michael Chin | Jon Else | Robert Shepard | Rick Malkames & 2 more

Editors

Jon Neuburger | Lillian Benson | Eric Handley | Marian Sears Hunter (as Marian Hunter) | Howard Sharp

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Updated Jan 1, 1993

Release date (First episode)

Jan 1, 1993 (United States)

Awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
48 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Joe Morton Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	7	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Gore Vidal Self Self See fewer	2	Gattaca (1997)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) See fewer	2	The President's Mystery (1936)
Herbert Hoover Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2	Public Be Damned (1917)
Ossie Davis Self Self See fewer	1	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Max Baer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Maya Angelou Self Self See fewer	1	Poetic Justice (1993)
Primo Carnera Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Henry Ford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Upcoming Ford Project (2021)
Douglas MacArthur Self - Army Chief of Staff (archive footage) Self - Army Chief of Staff (archive footage) See fewer	1	Assignment in Korea (1951)
Eleanor Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Women in Defense (1941)
Jesse Owens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Kings of the Olympics (1948)
Joe Louis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	This Is the Army (1943)
Fiorello LaGuardia Self - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) Self - Mayor of New York City (archive footage) See fewer	1	Die Stimme Österreichs (1949)
Max Schmeling Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Comeback (1930)
Haile Selassie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend (2011)
Smedley Butler Self - General USMC Retired Leader Bonus Army (archive footage) (as Smedley Darlington Butler) Self - General USMC Retired Leader Bonus Army (archive footage) (as Smedley Darlington Butler) See fewer	1	American Secrets
Ruth Gruber Self Self See fewer	1	Carry On (2008)
Marian Anderson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Great Debaters (2007)
John Hope Franklin Self Self See fewer	1	Separate But Equal (1991)
Father Coughlin Self - Radio Evangelist (archive footage) Self - Radio Evangelist (archive footage) See fewer	1	The March of Time, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1936)
John L. Lewis Self - Founder CIO (archive footage) Self - Founder CIO (archive footage) See fewer	1	The March of Time, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1936)
Ford Bryan Self - Ford Engineer Self - Ford Engineer See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Francis Immoberstag Self - Neice of Henry & Clara Ford Self - Neice of Henry & Clara Ford See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Ralph Metcalfe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Olympic Cavalcade (1948)
Martin Gluckman Self Self See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Victor Reuther Self Self See fewer	1	On Company Business (1980)
Curtis Roosevelt Self Self See fewer	1	Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982)
Paul Boatin Self - Ford Employee Self - Ford Employee See fewer	1	American Justice: Target - Mafia (1993)
Leo Seitzer Self - Reporter Self - Reporter See fewer	1	Seeing Red (1983)
Doug Fraser Himself =- Son of Ford Employee Himself =- Son of Ford Employee See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Jeri Gowara Self - Detroit Resident Self - Detroit Resident See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Stella Brown Self - Member, Detroit Unemployed Council Self - Member, Detroit Unemployed Council See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Heywood Wik Self - Farmer Self - Farmer See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Horace Sheffield Self - Son of Ford Employee Self - Son of Ford Employee See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
David Moore Self - Former Ford Employee Self - Former Ford Employee See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Virginia Strull Self - Detroit Resident Self - Detroit Resident See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Sally Booth Self - Detroit Resident Self - Detroit Resident See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Anna Kruchen Self - Member, Detroit Unemployed Council Self - Member, Detroit Unemployed Council See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Sidney Haymen Self Self See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Gwendolyn Edwards Self - Herswelf - Ford Employee Self - Herswelf - Ford Employee See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Roberto Munoz Self - Son of Ford Employee Self - Son of Ford Employee See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Beulah Pinckney Self Self See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Martin Hayden Self - Reporter, 'Detroit News' Self - Reporter, 'Detroit News' See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Helen Wik Self - Daughter of Nebraska Farmer Self - Daughter of Nebraska Farmer See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Parren Mitchell Self Self See fewer	1	The Great Depression (1993)
Upton Sinclair Himself California Gubenatorial Candidate (archive footage) Himself California Gubenatorial Candidate (archive footage) See fewer		There Will Be Blood (2007)
Ira Green Self - Oklahoma Banker Self - Oklahoma Banker See fewer		The Great Depression (1993)