Movie193831 minReleased

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.

Documentary

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Farm Security Administration

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Scope

31 min

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Thomas Chalmers

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Pare Lorentz

Writer

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Pare Lorentz

Director

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Virgil Thomson

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Sound

Henry Brant

Orchestrator

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Albert Dillinger

Sound

Leo Zochling

Editor

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Alexander Smallens

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A.A. Mercey

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Floyd Crosby

Director of Photography

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1160 × 1740

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TMDB Score

5.7

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