The Forgotten Village
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| Directed by | Herbert Kline Alexander Hammid |
| Produced by |
Alexander Hammid Herbert Kline |
| Screenplay by | John Steinbeck |
| Story by | John Steinbeck |
| Narrated by | Burgess Meredith |
| Music by | Hanns Eisler |
| Cinematography | Alexander Hammid |
| Edited by | Herbert Kline |
| Distributed by | Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn |
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67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish |
The Forgotten Village is a 1941 American documentary film—some sources call it an ethnofiction film—directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid. The film was written by John Steinbeck, narrated by Burgess Meredith, and with music by Hanns Eisler. The film was released by the film distribution partnership of Arthur Mayer & Joseph Burstyn.
The New York State Board of Regents, acting as the state's board of censors, banned the film in New York due to the film's portrayal of childbirth and showing a baby at its mother's breast.
The film depicts the conflicts between traditional life in a Mexican village, and outsiders who want to introduce modernization.
A restored version of the film was released in 2011. The film was restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, funded by the Packard Humanities Institute.
The new print was made “from the original 35mm nitrate picture and soundtrack negatives from the Stanford Theatre Foundation Collection and a 35mm nitrate fine grain master positive from MOMA.”
The restoration premiered at the UCLA Festival of Preservation on March 14, 2011 and was screened at other North American cities in 2011 including Vancouver.
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