The Washington Post, March 5th, 1992
Pare Lorentz, 86, a director and producer of highly acclaimed documentary films aimed at explaining issues of the New Deal to the American public, died March 4 at his home in Armonk, N.Y. He had cancer. Mr. Lorentz made his first film, "The Plow That Broke the Plains," a poetic and compelling documentary about agricultural and social problems related to the Dust Bowl, for the U.S. Resettlement Agency in 1936. A year later, he produced "The River," a masterly portrait of the Mississippi River and a plea for conservation, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration. Both films were noted for innov...
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