The River

The River

 

(5.5 from 22 users)

0h 31m 1938 HD

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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