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The River

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An exploration of the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States.
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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine 04/17/2020
The River is important as a political message, for it explains, even more directly than a Roosevelt fireside chat, the background and the foreground of the New Deal's rehabilitation program. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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01/14/2009 An interesting subject matter is given a surprisingly shallow treatment. The repetitive narration gets irritating. Excellent score and some of the footage is remarkable. I didn't learn much though. See more Read all reviews
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Pare Lorentz

Director

Thomas Chalmers

Narrator

Pare Lorentz

Screenwriter

Virgil Thomson

Original Music

Floyd Crosby

Cinematographer

Willard Van Dyke

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Synopsis An exploration of the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States.
Director
Pare Lorentz
Screenwriter
Pare Lorentz
Production Co
Farm Security Administration
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 13, 2020
Runtime
31m
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