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The deepest illustrated review of both the film, slideshow and book ! ! !
A note on content in poor cinema - critical attractions in Jacob Holdt’s American Pictures by J. Ronald Green

A previous analysis of how the movie and slideshow works by professor in Film Studies at Ohio University, J. Ronald Green:
Jacob Holdt's American Pictures: A not on Style in Poor Cinema

The deepest and most scholarly review of the book:
The Fatalistic Hobo

A scientific review of the soil eating in the book:
Cabinet Magazine: The soil eaters

Review in Photographer and society
American Studies International