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The Dust Bowl (2012)

8.01h 58mDocumentary

Chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the Great Plow-Up, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.

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Director: Ken Burns

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Patricia Clarkson as Hazel Lucas Shaw

Patricia Clarkson

Hazel Lucas Shaw

Peter Coyote as Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Carolyn McCormick as Caroline Henderson

Carolyn McCormick

Caroline Henderson

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