The Dust Bowl Season 1 Episode 1 The Great Plow Up 2012
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The grasslands of the southern Plains were rapidly turned into wheat fields. Then following the early years of the drought, storms killed crops and livestock and literally rearranged the landscape. The worst storm of them all was on April 14, 1935—Black Sunday—a searing experience for everyone caught in it, including a young songwriter from Pampa, Texas, named Woody Guthrie.
- Released: 2012-11-18
- Runtime: 118 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Patricia Clarkson, Peter Coyote, Carolyn McCormick
- Director: Dayton Duncan, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, Julie A. Dunfey, Ken Burns
