Tragedy or Hope

Tragedy or Hope (1972)

Educating 1960s campus protesters as to "what's right with America."

  • Genre: History, Documentary
  • Release Date: 1972-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 24min
  • Production Company: Jerry Fairbanks Productions

Summary

Contrasting radical mobs, anarchy, and 1960s counterculture with footage of American manufacturing and innovation, this film celebrates the concept of American exceptionalism and argues that anti-Vietnam War protesters were influenced by communism, atheism, and immorality. Set mostly in a university library, this political debate between a medical student, his 1770s ancestor, and a history professor is a sequel to the 1972 National Education Program film, Brink of Disaster! Two additional characters appear in this drama: a 19th-century steamboat captain, and the student’s grandfather - an early 20th-century automobile worker. The National Education Program at Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas created a variety of widely-distributed anti-communism films from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s.

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