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Mississippi River Valley

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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"The Mississippi", 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_kernan_keely.pdf
Overview "The multiplatform documentary film, "​The Mississippi," reflects back on Pare Lorentz's ​"The River" - 81 years later.​ Historically, it is a present day reflection on what Lorentz so clearly and passionately described in the first twenty minutes of "​The River." To quote Lorentz's script​, the story, the outrage, and the passion that he expressed about the Mississippi River still exists, "Poor land makes poor people." "We built a hundred cities and a thousand towns - But at what a cost."...
Dates: 2019