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193831 minPGdocumentary

5.7/ 10(27 ratings)• TMDB

Poverty Social Justice

The River

193831 minPGdocumentary

5.7/ 10(27 ratings)• TMDB

Explore the Mississippi River's vital role and the cost of progress.

Poverty Social Justice

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Explore the Mississippi River's vital role and the cost of progress.

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Pare Lorentz

Pare Lorentzdirector

Pare Lorentz

Pare Lorentzwriter

Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmerscast

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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.

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