TV Show Details
Air Date:August 6th, 2007
Last Air Date:August 13th, 2007
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Production Companies:ScienceVision, ORF, ZDF, ARTE
Ol' Man River: The Mighty Mississippi on the Web:Official Website
Ol' Man River: The Mighty Mississippi (2007)
Miniseries
"There is no river on earth where so many dreams were dreamt, where so many dreams came true or fell apart, where the dividing line between life and death is as thin as on the Mississippi - North America's great river."
Plot
Travel from the steamy delta beyond New Orleans, upstream to headwaters in great northern swamps, and along the Mississippi's greatest tributary, the Missouri. The crew encounter a wealth of wildlife, from tropical manatees to ancient horseshoe crabs, primitive giant fish, colorful herons, industrious beavers, deadly rattlesnakes, herds of buffalo, and prairie dog colonies. Dramatic reconstructions illustrate what the river was like when the first explorers encountered it, meeting Indian tribes and witnessing new wildlife spectacles.