Men and Dust (1940)

1940 · Short film · 16 min · dir. Lee Dick

• Documentary

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Synopsis

This labor advocacy film is about diseases plaguing miners in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tri-State Survey Committee, "Men and Dust" is a stylistically innovative documentary and a valuable ecological record of landscapes radically transformed by extractive industry.

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Details

Director

Lee Dick

Writer

Sheldon Dick

Cinematography

Sheldon Dick

Released

1940-11-08

Running time

16 minutes

Cast & crew

• Lee Dick Director
• Will Geer
• SStorrs Haynes
• RRobert Porterfield
• EEric Walz

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