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A Maysles Films Inc. Production
© Maysles Films Inc.

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©1974, a film by David and Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde,
Muffie Meyer, 16mm, color, 53 mins.


Film Synopsis:

Televised nationwide as part of the groundbreaking PBS
series "Six American Families.", The Burks of Georgia
tells the story of three generations of The Burks, a poor
white family struggling to feed and clothe thirteen children,
living in rural Georgia.