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The River
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.
5.7
Score
25 votes
Available in US
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- Feb 4, 1938
- 31m
- English
- Pare Lorentz
- Pare Lorentz
- Released
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Farm Security Administration
