Down and Out in America
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Down and Out in America is a 1986 Academy Award-winning documentary film
that critiques Reaganomics
by showing examples of poverty in the United States
. It won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, tying with Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
that critiques Reaganomics
Reaganomics
Reaganomics refers to the economic policies promoted by the U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, also known as supply-side economics and called trickle-down economics, particularly by critics...
by showing examples of poverty in the United States
Poverty in the United States
Poverty is defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. According to the U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday September 13th, 2011, the nation's poverty rate rose to 15.1% in 2010, up from 14.3% in 2009 and to its highest level...
. It won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, tying with Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got is a 1986 documentary film about clarinetist Artie Shaw. It was written, directed and narrated by Brigitte Berman. It won Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, tying with Down and Out in America....
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