The Dust Bowl (miniseries)

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 Dust Bowl
GenreDocumentary
Written byDayton Duncan
Directed byKen Burns
Starring
Narrated byPeter Coyote
Theme music composerCraig Mellish
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducersDayton Duncan
Ken Burns
Julie Dunfey
CinematographyBuddy Squires
Stephen McCarthy
EditorsCraig Mellish
Ryan Gifford
Running time240 minutes
Production companiesFlorentine Films
WETA-TV
Release
Original releaseNovember 18 (2012-11-18) –
November 19, 2012 (2012-11-19)

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

Episodes
  1. Episode One: The Great Plow-Up
  2. Episode Two: Dust to Eat
  3. Episode Three: Reaping the Whirlwind
  4. 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.[2]

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."[3] Historians on the other hand raised concerns about some of the evidence and research ignored by the film makers.[4]

See also

References
  1. Series's official website at PBS
  2. "10 best Easter eggs in Interstellar". Fansided.
  3. Lloyd, Robert (November 17, 2012). "Review: Ken Burns' 'The Dust Bowl' a timely, exceptional endeavor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  4. 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 January 4, 2016.


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