America, America

America, America is a 1963 Elia Kazan film about a young Greek who leaves his small town in Anatolia in 1900 dreaming of a better life in America. It was directed and written by Kazan, from his own book, and stars Stathis Giallelis[?], Frank Wolff[?], Elena Karam[?] and Lou Antonio[?].

The film was nominated for Oscars for:

• Best Director - Elia Kazan
• Best Picture - Elia Kazan
• Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen - Elia Kazan

and won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White.

In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.