The Dust Bowl (2012)
- Directed by
- Ken Burns
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary chronicles the environmental disaster that struck the American plains during the 1930s Great Depression. It shows how severe drought and poor farming practices created massive dust storms and hardship.
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What happens
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 two-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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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