Film

The Great Flood

2012 · 1h 20m · Documentary

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

75

The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles to a depth of up to 30 feet. Part of it enduring legacy was the mass exodus of displaced sharecroppers. Musically, the Great Migration of rural southern blacks to Northern cities saw the Delta Blues electrified and reinterpreted as the Chicago Blues, Rhythm and Blues, and Rock and Roll. Using minimal text and no spoken dialog, filmmaker Bill Morrison and composer - guitarist Bill Frisell have created a powerful portrait of a seminal moment in American history through a collection of silent images matched to a searing original soundtrack.

• Bill MorrisonDirector

Release date

November 17, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary