Ken Burns

Ken Burns The Dust Bowl

Two-part PBS documentary, directed by Ken Burns, that explores the 1930s drought which devastated American prairie farms and led to a great deal of suffering and hardship. The drought, which was accompanied and exacerbated by severe dust storms, was a result of ill-considered farming policy and nearly led to ecological disaster. 400,000 square kilometres of land, chiefly in Texas and Oklahoma, was affected and many were displaced or forced to endure the poor living conditions caused by the storms.