We Have a Plan

By 1934 challenges to the New Deal came from both sides of the political spectrum. In California Socialist Upton Sinclair ran for Governor promising to turn idle land and factories into self-governing cooperatives. Sinclair’s campaign ended in defeat, but one year later President Roosevelt’s signing of the Social Security Act signaled America’s emergence as a modern welfare state.

Directing

Lyn Goldfarb · Director

Writing

Lyn Goldfarb · Writer

Production

Lyn Goldfarb · Producer

Camera

Emiko Omori · Director of Photography

Jon Else · Director of Photography

Robert Shepard · Director of Photography

Editing

Howard Sharp · Editor