We Work Again (1937)
15m
Running Time
September 5, 1937Release Date
Plot.
The role of African Americans in the recovery years of the Great Depression is the subject of this informational short, which offers an idealized depiction of life in a segregated society. The highlight, by far, is rare footage of Orson Welles’s “Voodoo Macbeth,” produced in 1935 for the New York Negro Unit of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project.
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Cast & Crew.
Eric Burroughs
Hecate
Lawrence Chenault
Doctor
Alma Dickson
The Duchess
Maurice Ellis
Macbeth
Juanita Hall
Self - Choir Director
Edna Thomas
Lady Macbeth
Details.
Wiki.
We Work Again is a 1937 ephemeral film produced by the Work Projects Administration to promote its employment and training efforts for African-Americans during the Great Depression. Various jobs are shown, including public construction projects, domestic service and health care training, adult education programs and performing arts. It is particularly noted for containing the only existing footage of the 1936 Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth, directed by Orson Welles and featuring an all-black cast.