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Pare Lorentz
Born December 11, 1905 · Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA
Died March 4, 1992 · aged 86
Pare Lorentz (December 11, 1905 – March 4, 1992) was an American filmmaker known for his film work about the New Deal. Born Leonard MacTaggart Lorentz in Clarksburg, West Virginia he was educated at Buckhannon High School, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and West Virginia University. As a young film critic in both New York City and Hollywood, Lorentz spoke out against censorship in the film indust…
Known For
The City · 1939The City
★ 6.01939
MovieDocumentary
A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities.
The River · 1938The River
★ 5.81938
MovieDocumentary
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers.
The Plow That Broke the Plains · 1936The Plow That Broke the Plains
★ 5.91936
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.
Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today · 1948Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today
★ 6.81948
MovieDocumentaryHistory
How, in November 1945, after the end of the World War II and the fall of the Third Reich, the international prosecutors participating in the first Nuremberg trial —formally, the International Military Tribunal— built their case against the top Nazi war criminals using the films and records produced by the own regime, obsessed with documenting everything in its long path of infamy and crime.
The Land · 1942The Land
★ 7.31942
MovieDocumentary
Documentary showing the poor state that American agriculture had fallen into during the Great Depression.
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