(USA, 1940, 128 min., b&w, DVD, NR) In this enduring classic, a family of sharecroppers travels westward, driven from their Oklahoma farm by drought, failed crops, and mechanization. But the golden dream of California also fails them. Hungry and exploited, the Joad family and the other displaced families of the Great Depression struggle to survive. An exhilarating story of faith and pride, John Steinbeck's classic has become a motion picture legend. -Criterion "It is an absorbing, tense melodrama, starkly realistic, and loaded with social and political fireworks.” John C. Flinn, Sr., Variety, 1/30/1940 This film coordinates with Crandall’s Community Read. Please enjoy The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, our 2015 selection.