Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare (2019)
56m
Running Time
October 26, 2019Release Date
Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare (2019)
56m
Running Time
October 26, 2019Release Date

Plot.
In the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt appointed Frances Perkins as the first woman on a presidential cabinet. Against overwhelming odds, she became the driving force behind Social Security, the 40-hour work week, the eight-hour day, minimum wage and unemployment compensation. Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare features compelling interviews with David Brooks, Nancy Pelosi, Amy Klobuchar, Lawrence O’Donnell and others while telling Perkin’s heroic story which explores the history of women in politics, Social Security, our attitudes toward immigration, poverty, Socialism, and the role of government. Without this context our current dialogue is ill-informed and diminished.
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Cast & Crew.

David Brooks
Self

Amy Klobuchar
Self

Lawrence O'Donnell
Self

Nancy Pelosi
Self

George Mitchell
Self

Victoria Safford
Narrator

Mick Caouette
Director / Writer

Mick Caouette
Executive Producer

Joe Paolo
Director
Details.
Release DateOctober 26, 2019
StatusReleased
Running Time56m
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