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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Film · documentary · 107 min
Directed by Philippe Mora
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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These are my all-time favorites. Sorry if not fitting your "watched in 2022" criteria.
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072742/
Thank You For Not Breeding (10+ years ago) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abDpktpk7Is
The Atomic Cafe (1982) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083590/
Born Rich (2003) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342143/
Bonus documentaries (reality projections):
Idiocracy (2006) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/
Koyaanisqatsi(1982) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/
Brazil (1985) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/
If you are interested in the atmosphere of those times, at least how it was seen through public media, there is a very interesting and informative docu movie called "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" from 1975, 1h 43m.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072742/
IMDB describes it as: "A nostalgic look back at the Great Depression with contemporary archival footage and film clips picturing James Cagney as an American Everyman."