Two Dollars and a Dream

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A documentary film with the title Two Dollars and a Dream. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through the use of archival still photographs, interviews, and voiceover narration, the documentary tells the tale of Madam C. J. Walker’s rise to prominence as America's first self-made female millionaire. The documentary opens with a discussion of Walker's early life as a child of slaves who was married at fourteen and widowed by the time she turned twenty (20) years old. Other topics discussed in the film include the creation of the Walker Company; Mrs.

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