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20105 minPGdoc-short

Punctured

20105 minPGdoc-short

Depression-era negatives deemed unfit for publication were hole-punched under the direction of Farm Security Administration head Roy Emerson Stryker.

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William E. Jones

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Depression-era negatives deemed unfit for publication were hole-punched under the direction of Farm Security Administration head Roy Emerson Stryker.

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William E. Jones

William E. Jonesdirector

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Roy Emerson Stryker, head of the Farm Security Administration's Historical Section, ordered the destruction of certain Depression-era negatives deemed unfit for publication. "Punctured" presents these images, which were hole-punched and discarded. The film features photographs that also appeared in the earlier work "Killed" (2009) by the same creator. Lasting five minutes, it reflects on the fate of these historical documents and the decisions that shaped their legacy.

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