The Dust Bowl (miniseries)

*The Dust Bowl*
The Dust Bowl
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Dayton Duncan
Directed by	Ken Burns
Starring	Patricia Clarkson; Kevin Conway; Amy Madigan; Carolyn McCormick;
Narrated by	Peter Coyote
Theme music composer	Craig Mellish
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Producers	Dayton Duncan ; Ken Burns; Julie Dunfey
Cinematography	Buddy Squires; Stephen McCarthy
Editors	Craig Mellish; Ryan Gifford
Running time	240 minutes
Production companies	Florentine Films; WETA-TV
Distributor	PBS
Release
Original release	November 18 –; November 19, 2012

The Dust Bowl is a 2012 American television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns which aired on PBS on November 18 and 19, 2012. The four-part miniseries recounts the impact of the Dust Bowl on the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The series features the voices of Patricia Clarkson, Peter Coyote, and Carolyn McCormick.^[1]

Episodes[]

Episode One: The Great Plow-Up
Episode Two: Dust to Eat
Episode Three: Reaping the Whirlwind
Episode Four: The Hardy Ones

Other uses[]

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

Critical reception[]

The Dust Bowl has received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children. Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Timely... exceptional."^[2] Historians on the other hand raised concerns about some of the evidence and research ignored by the film makers.^[3]

References[]

^ Series's official website at PBS
^ Lloyd, Robert (2012-11-17). "Review: Ken Burns' 'The Dust Bowl' a timely, exceptional endeavor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela; Cunfer, Geoff; Hurt, R. Douglas; Courtwright, Julie (2014). "Historians' Reaction to the Documentary, The Dust Bowl". Agricultural History. 88 (2): 262–288. doi:10.3098/ah.2014.88.2.262. ISSN 0002-1482. JSTOR 10.3098/ah.2014.88.2.262. Retrieved 2016-01-04.

External links[]

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[1] Series's official website at PBS

[2] Lloyd, Robert (2012-11-17). "Review: Ken Burns' 'The Dust Bowl' a timely, exceptional endeavor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Riney-Kehrberg, Pamela; Cunfer, Geoff; Hurt, R. Douglas; Courtwright, Julie (2014). "Historians' Reaction to the Documentary, The Dust Bowl". Agricultural History. 88 (2): 262–288. doi:10.3098/ah.2014.88.2.262. ISSN 0002-1482. JSTOR 10.3098/ah.2014.88.2.262. Retrieved 2016-01-04.

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