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  • American Experience Fatal Flood (Season 13, Episode 14)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Fatal Flood (Season 13, Episode 14)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
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 people ...See moreIn 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 people homeless. In Greenville, Mississippi, efforts to contain the river pitted the majority black population against an aristocratic white plantation family, the Percys. It also pitted the Percys against themselves. This is a dramatic true story of greed, power and race during one of America's greatest natural disasters. Written by PBS See less
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Directors
Chana Gazit | David Steward (co-director)
Producer
Chana Gazit
Composer
Michael Bacon
Editor
David Steward
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Apr 16, 2001
Release date
Apr 16, 2001 (United States)
Awards
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Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 84 wins & 128 nominations

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5 cast members
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Liev Schreiber
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John M. Barry
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Peter Daniel
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Margaret Washington
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Bertram Wyatt-Brown
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