People of the Cumberland

People of the Cumberland
Publicity still from People of the Cumberland
Directed bySidney Meyers and Jay Leyda
Written byErskine Caldwell
Produced byFrontier Films
Narrated byRichard Blaine
CinematographyRalph Steiner
Music byAlex North
Distributed byFrontier Films
Release date
  • June 4, 1938 (1938-06-04) (U.S.)
Running time
18 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

People of the Cumberland is a 1937 short film directed by Sidney Meyers and Jay Leyda and produced by Frontier Films. The film is designed to support the U.S. labor union movement and it mixes non-fiction filmmaking and dramatic re-enactions.