"The Plow That Broke the Plains" is an American 25-minute black-and-white documentary with sound. The writer and director here is Pare Lorentz and this is one of his two most known works next to "The River". This one here has its 80th anniversary this year, so it is still from before World War II. And the focus of documentary films back then was on life in America and this is no exception. It actually focuses on agriculture and a natural catastrophe that resulted from dealing with it in a wrong way. Unfortunately, I have to say I did not find it too interesting and I really don't think this is a good watch for audiences in general. You need to have a great interest in agriculture, weather phenomenons or at least American history in general and live in the area depicted in here to appreciate this little movie here. Otherwise, you will be bored just like I was while watching. The monotonous narration wasn't helping either. By the way, the narrator was an actor back then, but also the director of the (in)famous comedy short film "Sex Life of the Polyp". As for "The Plow That Broke the Plains", I do not recommend the watch. It did not really get me interested in the subject.
