威尼斯人娱乐场

"The River" and "The City" Virtual Film Screenings

威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum
Online

In partnership with the 2022 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation鈥檚 Capital (celebrating its 30th year), we will screen two classic documentaries from the motion picture holdings of the 威尼斯人娱乐场.

The River (1937; 32 minutes) is Pare Lorentz鈥檚 monumental documentary about the exploitation and misuse of one of our greatest natural resources鈥攖he Mississippi River.

Directed and written by Pare Lorentz. Music: Virgil Thomson. Narrator: Thomas Chalmers. Producer: Farm Security Administration

The City (1939, 33 minutes)

Produced for the 1939 New York World鈥檚 Fair, The City is a call to rebuild America鈥檚 cities in the form of planned communities.

Directed by Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke. Producer: American Institute of Planners. Music: Aaron Copland.