Portrait of a Muckraker: The Stories of Jessica Mitford Movie Review 1990

Profiles Jessica Mitford, who exposed the funeral industry with her book, "The American Way of Death." She also wrote a critique of the 1968 trial of the Boston Five and was a force behind the prison reform movement. Through her writings she has brought about significant social change. Winner of the Red Ribbon, American Film and Video Festival, 1988; Silver Apple, National Educational Film Festival, 1987.

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Available on VHS
Running time 52 minutes.

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Documentary Films, Sociology