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Release Date: 1941

Categories: Movies, Documentary, Black-and-white

The Forgotten Village (1941) is an American documentary film -- some sources call it an ethnofiction film -- directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid, written by John Steinbeck, and narrated by Burgess Meredith. The film was released by Joseph Burstyn and Arthur Mayer. 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... MORE

The Forgotten Village (1941) is an American documentary film -- some sources call it an ethnofiction film -- directed by Herbert Kline and Alexander Hammid, written by John Steinbeck, and narrated by Burgess Meredith. The film was released by Joseph Burstyn and Arthur Mayer. 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. LESS