Several years ago SITES offered the exhibit "Official Images: New Deal
Photography" which included works of Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange,
Russell Lee, among others. They suggested four films related to the
topic which could be rented or purchased through:
 
The National AudioVisual Center
National Archives and REcords Administration
Customer Services Section PY
8700 Edgeworth Drive
Capital Heights MD  20743-3701
301/763-1896
 
The Land (1941) B&W film presents a deeply felt portrayal of American
agriculture during the Depression.
 
The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936) B&W film depicts the social and
economic hisotry of the Great Plains from the settlement of prairies
by cattlemen and farmers through the World War I boom to drought and
the Depression.
 
Power and the Land (1940) B&W film tells the story of a trypical
family-sized farm before and after electrification. Show the formation
of an electrical cooperative by a fram group and illustrates the
savings and benefits brought by electricity.
 
The River (1937) B&W film traces life in the Mississippi River Valley
during the last 150 years. The consequences of sharecropping, soil
exhaution, unchecked erosion, and floods are shown. Concludes with
scenes of regional planning, TVA development, and correlated federal
efforts.
 
Of interest also might be the book:
 
"A Kentucky Album: Farm Security Administration Photographs,
1935-1943" by Beverly W. Brannan and David Horvath. University Press
of Kentucky, 1986.
 
 
Donna Parker, Exhibits Curator
The Kentucky Museum
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101
502/745-2592
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