The Dust Bowl (film)

The Dust Bowl (film)

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The Dust Bowl
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]

Contents

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• 1 Episodes
• 2 Other uses
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Episodes[edit]

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

Other uses[edit]

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