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Movies set on farms tap into a rich vein of American mythology and symbolism

NPR White House Correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval, who covers agriculture for Harvest Public Media, talk about great American farm movies.

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Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval
Danielle Kurtzleben is a White House correspondent on NPR's Washington Desk. She appears regularly on the NPR Politics Podcast and other NPR shows. 
Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin.
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