The Plow That Broke the Plains DVD The Great Depression (1936)
Written and directed by PARE LORENTZ. Music composed by VIRGIL THOMSON. The Plow That Broke The Plains is one of the cornerstone documentaries in American film history. It was made at the height of the Depression, when Pare Lorentz was film advisor to President Roosevelts U.S. Resettlement Administration. Its the story of Americas Great Plains: windswept grasslands that stretch from the Texas Panhandle up through Canada, an area of "high winds and sun...without rivers and with little rain." The land was at this time devastated by drought; this powerful, poetic, beautifully photographed film details the areas history and the then-current migration of farmers to the Pacific coast: the reality of The Grapes of Wrath. Virgil Thompsons uniquely American musical score is a highlight
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