Independent Lens · SEASON 11
Dirt! The Movie
Episode 21 · 2010-04-20

- Documentary
Episode overview
Narrated by Jamie Lee Curtis, "DIRT! The Movie" digs into the fascinating history of this lowly substance, explaining how four billion years of evolution have created the dirt that recycles our water, gives us food, provides us shelter and can be used as a source of medicine, beauty and culture. Destructive methods of agriculture, mining practices and urban development have placed this vital resource in danger.
60 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. Our Disappeared2009-09-21
2. Butte, America2009-10-20
3. Journals of a Wily School2009-10-27
4. Power Paths2009-11-03
5. D Tour2009-11-10
6. No Subtitles Necessary: László and Vilmos2009-11-17
7. Objectified2009-11-24
8. Between the Folds2009-12-08
9. Scenes From a Parish2009-12-29
10. Young@Heart2010-01-12
11. Copyright Criminals2010-01-19
12. Herskovits at the Heart of Blackness2010-02-02
13. P-Star Rising2010-02-09
14. Mine / Home2010-02-16
15. Behind the Rainbow2010-02-23
16. The Eyes of Me2010-03-02
17. Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)2010-03-23
18. Whatever It Takes2010-03-30
19. Unmistaken Child2010-04-07
20. Blessed Is the Match2010-04-13
21. Dirt! The Movie2010-04-20
22. Garbage Dreams2010-04-27
23. Sunshine
24. The Horse Boy2010-05-11
25. Project Kashmir2010-05-18
26. A Village Called Versailles2010-05-25
27. Our Disappeared2009-09-21