AV CLUB: WHAT'S ON TONIGHT? SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012
Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl blots out the sun with its sheer massiveness
by Erik Adams
November 18, 2012
TOP PICK
The Dust Bowl
(PBS, 8 p.m.)
This isn’t typical of all documentaries directed by perpetual filmmaking machine Ken Burns, but you may want to invest in some quality stereo equipment to enjoy Burns’ take on the ecological disaster that befell the Great Plains in the 1930s—you’ll really want to feel the apocalyptic rumbling of huge sand-and-soil clouds sweeping through the middle United States. You may also want to consider the fact that, under the right circumstances, such a widespread catastrophe could befall the country all over again—which is why Todd VanDerWerff is a tireless advocate for crop rotation.
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