Men and Dust(1940)

Men and Dust is a labor advocacy documentary examining the diseases afflicting miners across Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Tri-State Survey Committee, the film offers a stylistically innovative look at the human and environmental toll of mining. It serves as both a powerful record of workers' struggles and an ecological document of landscapes reshaped by extractive industry. Through its examination of occupational health hazards, Men and Dust captures a critical moment in American labor history while documenting the physical transformation of the mining regions themselves.