The Land (1942)
The least typical, least known, and most controversial of director Flaherty's films depicts a vast and vague territory across the southern and midwestern United States. Here, in the period between the Depression's end and the beginning of World War II, abandoned farmhouses line dusty roadways, and forgotten farm people had almost ceased to hope for a better life.
Director: Robert Flaherty
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Robert Flaherty as Narrator (voice) |
| Crew | Frances H. Flaherty | Additional Writing |
| Writing | Robert Flaherty | Writer |
| Production | Lamp Hart | Researcher |
| Sound | Richard Arnell | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Floyd Crosby | Additional Director of Photography |
| Sound | Fritz Mahler | Conductor |
| Editing | Helen van Dongen | Editor |
| Camera | Irving Lerner | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Robert Flaherty | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Albert Dillinger | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Reuben Ford | Sound Engineer |
| Crew | Pare Lorentz | Additional Writing |
| Camera | Charles W. Herbert | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Frances H. Flaherty | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Floyd Crosby | Camera Operator |
| Production | W.H. Lamphere | Researcher |
| Writing | Russell Lord | Writer |
| Camera | Douglas Baker | Camera Operator |
| Production | Douglas Baker | Production Manager |
| Camera | Irving Lerner | Additional Director of Photography |
| Directing | Robert Flaherty | Director |
| Sound | Richard Arnell | Music |
| Writing | Frances H. Flaherty | Writer |
| Writing | Pare Lorentz | Writer |
| Production | Wayne Darrow | Consulting Producer |