The Dust Bowl (film)

The Dust Bowl (film)
Directed by Ken Burns
Produced by Ken Burns
Dayton Duncan
Julie Dunfey
Written by Dayton Duncan
Starring Patricia Clarkson
Kevin Conway
Amy Madigan
Carolyn McCormick
Narrated by Peter Coyote
Music by Craig Mellish
Cinematography Buddy Squires, Stephen McCarthy
Edited by Craig Mellish, Ryan Gifford
Production
company
Florentine Films
WETA-TV
Distributed by PBS
Release dates
November 18, 2012
Running time
240 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Dust Bowl (2012) is a documentary film directed by Ken Burns which aired on Public Broadcasting System on November 18 and 19, 2012. The four-part miniseries recounts the impact of the Dust Bowl on the U.S. during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The film features the voices of Patricia Clarkson, Peter Coyote, and Carolyn McCormick.[1]

Episodes

  1. "The Great Plow-Up"
  2. "Dust to Eat"
  3. "Reaping the Whirlwind"
  4. "The Hardy Ones"

Other uses

Images of the documentary were used in the 2014 Interstellar film, that deals with massive dust storms in a near future.

See also

References

  1. Film's official website at PBS
  2. "American Experience – Surviving the Dust Bowl". Public Broadcasting Service. 2009-01-15. The Dust Bowl brought drought, dust, disease and death to the Midwest for nearly a decade.

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