Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Revisited

1988 · James Agee, Walker Evans, Alan Yentob, Carol Bell, Pete Daniel, Leon F Litwack, Tillie Olsen, David

Retraces the 1936 recording of journalist James Agee's and photographer Walker Evans' classic book on the subject of tenant farmers (Hale County, Alabama), "Let Us Now Praise Famous: Revisited," interviewing surviving members of the focal families. Epilogue, "Want in the Midst of Plenty," includes comments by Pete Daniel, Historian/Curator, Smithsonian Institution ; Leon Litwack, Historian, U. Cal./Berkeley; and Tillie Olsen, author. The American experience with David McCullough is presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles