Key West: Bohemia in the Tropics

Duration: 27 min
Release date: 2010-11-22
IMDB

Engaging and light-hearted story of how a radical New Deal economic experiment during the Great Depression created an image of Key West in the popular culture and how that image became the island’s destiny. The film features interviews with famous contemporary writers, such as Gore Vidal and Russell Banks, and newly uncovered archival photos and footage, including rare Hemingway home movies.

Documentary History

Key West: Bohemia in the Tropics

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