The Dust Bowl (2012)

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.

Cast (3)CrewGenresDetailsMediaAwards

Patricia Clarkson

Hazel Lucas Shaw

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Carolyn McCormick

Caroline Henderson

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