Salesman (1969)
- Directed by
- Albert Maysles, David Maysles
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 98 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows four door-to-door salesmen as they try to sell expensive Bibles to working-class families in the 1960s. It shows the daily grind of their job and the rejection they face.
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What happens
Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary film, directed by brothers Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, about door-to-door Bible salesmen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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