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Hollywood Flicks Stiff the Working Class

By Robert Nathan and Jo-Ann Mort, The Nation. Posted February 23, 2007.


"Unionized" isn't a word you hear in many American movies. In time for the Academy Awards, here's a look at the dearth of films about working class life.

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