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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1998-03-02
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- timer Runtime: 55 Mins
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groups Crew
Molly Jacobs
Associate Producer
Susan Bellows
Producer
Susan Mottau
Coordinating Producer
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
David Steward
Editor
Maria Nicolo
Associate Producer
Glenn Fukushima
Post-Production Manager
Russell Steward
Motion Capture Artist
Chana Gazit
Director
Michael Haines
Sound Recordist
Michael Allen
Sound
David Steward
Co-Producer
Michael Bacon
Original Music Composer
Alison Kennedy
Art Designer
Sharon Grimberg
Producer
Chana Gazit
Producer
Allan Palmer
Cinematography
Vanessa Ezersky
Post-Production Manager
Rick Dior
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Jenkins
Sound Mixer
Nancy Sherman
Production Manager
David Girard
Sound
Chana Gazit
Writer
Roger Phenix
Sound
Laura Ozment-Schenck
Associate Producer
Greg Shea
Post-Production Manager
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