The Dust Bowl, a two-part, four-hour documentary series by Ken Burns, aired November 18 and 19, 2012 on PBS. The film chronicles the environmental catastrophe that, throughout the 1930s ...

The Dust Bowl had seemingly leveled all the social distinctions she had felt so keenly as a young girl. "I saw them standing in line for the meat and potatoes of relief," she wrote. "I saw the ...

These are the seven best Ken Burns documentaries to watch ... and that’s exactly what he does so well in The Dust Bowl. The film features stunning black and white footage of the phenomenon ...