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THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS

Pare Lorentz
1936 États-Unis 25'

This first broad-based documentary on the United States – the Great Plains that turned into a “Dust Bowl” due to human over-exploitation – is also a first work, echoing the Soviet and British examples, by Ivens and Flaherty, and has one of the finest film scores of its time.

Production :
Resettlement Administration Film Unit
Scenario :
Pare Lorentz
Photography :
Ralph Steiner, Paul Ivano, Paul Strand, Leo T. Hurwitz
Music :
Virgil Thomson, conducted by Alexander Smallens
Voice :
Thomas Chalmers
Sound :
Joseph Kane
Research :
John Franklin Carter, Jr
Editing :
Leo Zochling