Fatal Flood
Brief Synopsis
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In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million homeless. In Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river
Cast & Crew
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David Steward
Director
Liev Schreiber
Narrator
Michael Bacon
Music
Stacey Barnett
Researcher
John M Barry
Book As Source Material
Alvin Bowens
Video Post-Production
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (04/16/01), The
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Nature
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
In the spring of 1927, after weeks of incessant rains, the Mississippi River went on a rampage from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, inundating hundreds of towns, killing as many as a thousand people and leaving a million homeless. In Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic plantation family, the Percys -- and the Percys against themselves.
Crew
Michael Bacon
Music
Stacey Barnett
Researcher
John M Barry
Book As Source Material
Alvin Bowens
Video Post-Production
Amy Brown
Researcher
Amy Brown
Production Coordinator
James Callanan
Cinematographer
James C Cobb
Advisor
Ty Coke
Gaffer
Joy Conley
Researcher
Michael Cruickshank
Grip
Jim Dalglish
Colorist
Margaret Drain
Executive Producer
Chana Gazit
Writer
Chana Gazit
Producer
Terry Hopkins
Cinematographer
William B Mccullough
Assistant Camera Operator
Mark Posillico
Animator
Jennifer Raikes
Associate Producer
Michael Ruschak
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bernard Russo
Sound
Mark Samels
Producer
Glen Schauer
Animator
Joel Shapiro
Cinematographer
David Steward
Editor
Russell Steward
Other
Kelley A Totter
Advisor
Andrew Ward
Creative Consultant
Margaret Washington
Advisor
Film Details
Also Known As
American Experience (04/16/01), The
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Nature
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
