Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the film award (1938)
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Music
Music by Virgil Thomson
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Stacy Woodard, Floyd Crosby and Willard Van Dyke
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Pare LorentzWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 4, 1938
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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