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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.
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- Directed by
- Pare Lorentz
- Written by
- Pare Lorentz
- Produced by
- A.A. Mercey
- Music by
- Virgil Thomson
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Facts
February 4, 1938 · 31 min · Documentary
- Released
- February 4, 1938
- Runtime
- 31 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 6 countries