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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who is no stranger to casual violence. Leaving behind his chaotic past, Kaldheim hits the road, living hand-to-mouth in flop-houses, pan-handling with his fellow itinerants. As he makes his way across America in search of a new life, the harsh reality of vagrancy forces him to face up to his past, from his time in Rikers prison to relationships...
12) Boxcar Bertha
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930's, a homeless woman and an union organizer team up on a crime spree to get revenge from a railroad company.
Series
Criterion collection ; 118
Language
English
Description
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up. In the midst of the brutality and despair, he makes a valuable discovery-- that what the downtrodden need most is laughter.