Surviving the Dust Bowl
1998 | 55m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Chana Gazit |
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| Writer: | Chana Gazit |
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| In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept across the Southern Plains — the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma, western Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and New Mexico. Topsoil that had taken a thousand years per inch to build suddenly blew away in only minutes. One journalist traveling through the devastated region dubbed it the "Dust Bowl." This American Experience film presents the remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease — even death — for nearly a decade. Less well-known than those who sought refuge in California, typified by the Joad family in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the Dust Bowlers who stayed overcame an almost unbelievable series of calamities and disasters. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 02, 1998 |
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| Director: | Chana Gazit |
| Writer: | Chana Gazit |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | dust bowl |
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Budget: $0 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Liev Schreiber | Narrator (voice) |
| Matthew Modine | Lawrence Svobida (voice) |
| Name | Job |
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| Chana Gazit | Writer, Director |
| Susan Mottau | Coordinating Producer |
| Michael Bacon | Original Music Composer |
| Allan Palmer | Cinematography |
| David Steward | Editor |
| Vanessa Ezersky | Post-Production Manager |
| Glenn Fukushima | Post-Production Manager |
| Greg Shea | Post-Production Manager |
| Nancy Sherman | Production Manager |
| Alison Kennedy | Art Designer |
| Rick Dior | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael Haines | Sound Recordist |
| John Jenkins | Sound Mixer |
| Roger Phenix | Sound |
| Michael Allen | Sound |
| David Girard | Sound |
| Russell Steward | Motion Capture Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Susan Bellows | Producer |
| Chana Gazit | Producer |
| Maria Nicolo | Associate Producer |
| Laura Ozment-Schenck | Associate Producer |
| David Steward | Co-Producer |
| Molly Jacobs | Associate Producer |
| Sharon Grimberg | Producer |
| Mark Samels | Executive Producer |
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