The Children Must Learn (1940)
- Directed by
- Willard Van Dyke
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows an Appalachian farming family trying to make a living. It suggests that better education in farming methods would improve their lives.
educationalearnestdatedruralpoverty-focusedinstructionalsomberoptimistic
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