Winnie Wright, Age 11

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1974 / 26min.

Rating6.5

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher, lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family struggles with racism, inflation and a threatened strike, as Winnie learns what it means to grow up white, working class, and female.

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