The River (1938 film)
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| Directed by | Pare Lorentz |
| Written by | Pare Lorentz |
| Release date(s) | February 4, 1938 |
| Running time | 31 min. |
| Language | English |
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The River is a 1938 short documentary film which shows the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States, and how farming and timber practices had caused topsoil to be swept down the river and into the Gulf of Mexico.
It was written and directed by Pare Lorentz and, like Lorentz's earlier documentary The Plow That Broke the Plains, has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The two films were sponsored by the U.S. government and specifically the Resettlement Administration to raise awareness about the New Deal.
The music to the film was by Virgil Thomson.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The River at the Internet Movie Database
- The River (part 1) and (part 2) at The Internet Archive
- Pare Lorentz
- The River
