From a sweat shop worker to a famous writer! All because she dipped her pen in her heart. Dr. Frank Crane, New York Globe, December, 1920 The Sweatshop Cinderella is a short documentary about an extraordinary woman, born at the end of the 19th century, who led an extraordinary life. Using archival stills and footage, footage from the 1922 silent film Hungry Hearts, letters, newspaper clippings and a tape-recorded interview, this film will tell the story of the Jewish immigrant writer, Anzia Yezierska.—Anonymous