President Ronald Reagan did not endear himself to activists when he snootily dismissed reports of domestic poverty and homelessness in the 1980s as "anecdotal." Yet anecdotal best describes this award-winning but rather unsatisfying documentary expose from actress/filmmaker Lee Grant and
her producer-husband Joseph Feury.
Grant tries to put a human face on the cost of the Reagan Administration "trickle-down economics" schemes which cut social programs and generally supported multinational corporate interests above all. Left out in the cold were the working poor and debt-ridden family-operated businesses, like the
Minnesota farmstead of Bobbie Polzine, a plucky ...
Released:
1986
Rated:
NR
Length:
57 mins