The Dust Bowl - Season 1 Episode 1 The Great Plow Up

Name: The Dust Bowl
Genre: Documentary
Released: 19 Nov 2012
Rating: 7.90
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Peter Coyote, Carolyn McCormick

2012-11-19 118 minutes.

7.90 28 votes

Documentary great depression dust storm 1930s

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Nov 18, 2012

1 - 1

The Great Plow Up Nov 18, 2012
1 - 2

Reaping the Whirlwind Nov 19, 2012

Overview

The grasslands of the southern Plains were rapidly turned into wheat fields. Then following the early years of the drought, storms killed crops and livestock and literally rearranged the landscape. The worst storm of them all was on April 14, 1935—Black Sunday—a searing experience for everyone caught in it, including a young songwriter from Pampa, Texas, named Woody Guthrie.

Year 2012

Studio PBS

Director

Crew Ken Burns (Director), Dayton Duncan (Writer), Julie A. Dunfey (Producer), Dayton Duncan (Producer), Ken Burns (Producer)

Popularity 1.8719

Language English