KACV conducted interviews with local Dust Bowl survivors and Florentine Films Academy Award winning producer and documentarian Ken Burns - clips of which will air during the run of The Dust Bowl when it airs on November 18th.
In conjunction with the series, educational resources for area schools in the Region 16 area can also be downloaded by educators for use in their lesson plans for the Elementary, Secondary and College level courses.
"Days of Dust" is a Texas Panhandle-wide Community Engagement effort surrounding Ken Burns' film The Dust Bowl, premiering on KACV and all PBS stations November 18 and 19, 2012. "Days of Dust" is taking place summer - fall, 2012.
Exclusive production projects and a variety of special events, exhibits and activities are being undertaken by the "Days of Dust" key partners - Amarillo College, Amarillo Independent School District, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo Public Library, KACV - Public Television for the Texas Panhandle, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum and Region 16 Education Service Center.
Any Texas Panhandle organization is invited to take part in "Days of Dust." Please contact KACV to add your Dust Bowl activities to our community calendar.
We welcome all Texas Panhandle residents to take part in the various "Days of Dust" activities offered from August through November, 2012.
