Propaganda In 'The Plow That Broke The Plain'

The Plow That Broke the Plain uses propaganda by appealing to the fear of audience members, oversimplifying by using general statements, and sloganeering. The dust bowl was conveyed as being a dark and dreary time since human intervention with native grasses and the great plains land had killed everything. To some extent, this idea is correct but the farmers certainly did not stop the sky from raining for four years. The film uses overdramatized music, scenes of helpless animals, and babies in order to appeal to the viewer's emotions. Moreover, the film displays one problem and one solution; farmers had nothing and to solve it the government must intervene and save them. Furthermore, Pare Lorentz used one of Dorothea Lange’s photo captions