The Dust Bowl(TV show/series, 2012)

Name: The Dust Bowl
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012
Rating: 3.9

1h 58min per episode | Genre: Documentary

Mini series in 1 season with 2 episodes

Rating: 3.9/5 (with 13 votes)

The Dust Bowl is a 2012 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns which aired on PBS on November 18 and 19, 2012. The four-part miniseries recounts the impact of the Dust Bowl on the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The series features the voices of Patricia Clarkson, Peter Coyote, and Carolyn McCormick. ()

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About The Dust Bowl

Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

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Trailer for The Dust Bowl + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl 2012 Movie Trailer(Trailer, 1:44)

The Dust Bowl Seasons and Episodes

11/18/2012Season 1 - 2 episodes

#1 | 11/18/2012The Great Plow Up

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.

#2 | 11/19/2012Reaping the Whirlwind

Black Sunday was only halfway through the decade-long crisis. The storms continued. The Great Depression still affected people. Government programs were instituted to help. Learn what FDR’s administration did to try to keep the southern Plains from becoming a North American Sahara desert. Find out why some residents finally decided they had to give up and move somewhere else and how some held on.

Additional Information

Official websites:

pbs.org

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 11/18/2012

Last episode released on: 11/19/2012

Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conway, Amy Madigan, Carolyn McCormick

Director: Ken Burns

Screenwriter: Dayton Duncan

Keywords: 1930s, dust storm, great depression

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