The River
6.4
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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Pare Lorentz Director · Virgil Thomson Composer Floyd Crosby Cinematographer
United States release February 4, 1938 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
Farm Security Administration
Production
Paramount Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 4, 1938
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Italy
August 14, 1938 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Portugal
April 28, 2009 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
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