The Mississippi river : triumphant and tragic / Parthenon Entertainment (Firm).
Its name conjures images of America's mythical past, encoded in the stories and novels of Mark Twain. But today's Mississippi River is rife with challenges no 19th-century storyteller could have imagined. From issues of basic survival to triumphs of creativity and profit, this program foll...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2009]
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| Series: | Rivers and life (Television program)
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Table of Contents:
- Forming a Nation (1:41)
- Songs of a River (1:12)
- The Geography of a Great River (0:27)
- Cairo, Illinois (2:48)
- Cairo, Gateway to the North (2:23)
- Memphis - Music Mecca (1:27)
- Memphis - The Original Wall Street (2:03)
- Stax Records - Integration through Music (2:34)
- Transportation on the Mississippi (1:09)
- Riverboats - an American Icon (2:53)
- Casino Boats - Jackpot (2:25)
- The Mississippi Delta (1:56)
- The Hopson Plantation (1:14)
- The Delta Blues - The Sharecroppers Cry (2:06)
- Delta Bluesman - David Honeyboy Edwards (1:11)
- Modern Plantations (0:33)
- Lessons Learned? (1:58)
- The Great Flood of 1927 (2:55)
- Taming the Mighty Mississippi (2:53)
- Gospel Roots (3:00)
- The Declining River (1:43)
- Louisiana - Home of the Cajun People (1:47)
- Fishing the Mississippi (2:11)
- New Orleans - Reclaiming a Heritage (1:54)
- Rebirth of a Community (4:09)