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PBS (2012)
TV Series | Documentary
USA | English | Color | 04:00
WALindemann's movies
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Menacing black blizzards killed farmers’ crops and livestock, threatened the lives of their children, and forced thousands of desperate families to pick up and move somewhere else. Vivid interviews with more than two dozen survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom seen movie footage, bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible human perseverance. The Dust Bowl, a four-hour, two-episode documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, is also a morality tale about our relationship to the land that sustains us—a lesson we ignore at our peril.
Episodes
In the first episode of Ken Burns's THE DUST BOWL, feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America's history as survivors recall the terror of the dust storms, the desperation of hungry families and how they managed to find hope even as the earth and heavens seemed to turn against them.
In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in the drought in 1939 -- eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations.
In the second night of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in the drought in 1939 -- eventually stabilize the soil and bring the farms back to life, but with dangers of another Dust Bowl facing future generations.
Cast View all
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Peter Coyote | Self - Narrator |
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Carolyn McCormick | Caroline Henderson |
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Timothy Egan | Self - Writer |
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R. Douglas Hurt | Self - Historian |
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Pamela Riney-Kehrberg | Self - Historian |
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Robert Forester | Self - Son of Harry Forester |
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William Forester | Self - Son of Harry Forester |
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Kristy Patterson | Thanks |
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Sam Arguello | Self - Resident of Union County / NM |
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Lorene White | Self - Resident of Stanton County / KS |
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Dorothy Kleffman | Self - Resident of Texas County / OK |
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Pauline Durrett Robertson | Self - Resident of Potter County / TX |
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Shirley Forester McKenzie | Self - Resident of Texas County / OK |
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Clarence Beck | Self - Residen of Cimarron County / OK |
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Trixie Travis Brown | Self - Lipscomb County / TX |
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Pauline Hodges | Self - Resident of Beaver County / OK |
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Wayne Lewis | Self - Resident of Beaver County / OK |
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Imogene Glover | Self - Resident of Texas County / OK |
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Calvin Crabill | Self - Resident of Prowers County / CO |
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Robert McCoy | Self - Resident of Texas County / OK |
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Charles Shaw | Self - Resident of Cimarron County / OK |
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Donald Worster | Self - Historian |
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Floyd Coen | Self - Resident of Morton County / KS |
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Don Wells | Self - Resident of Cimarron County / OK |
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Dorothy Christenson Wiliamson | Self - Resident of Prowers County / CO |
Crew
| Director | Ken Burns |
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| Writer | Dayton Duncan | |
| Producer | Ken Burns, Elle Carriere, Dayton Duncan, Julie Dunfey, Susan Shumaker, Aileen Silverstone | |
| Photography | Stephen McCarthy, Buddy Squires | |
Edition details
| Nr Discs | 2 |
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| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Stereo [English] |
| Subtitles | English (SDH) |
| Distributor | PBS |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Regions | Region 1 |