The River

02/04/1938

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0hr 31min

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Documentary

STORY

This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Thomas Chalmers

    Directors

  • Pare Lorentz
  • Stacy Woodard
  • Willard Van Dyke

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Farm Security Administration

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English