Surviving the dust bowl [Videorecording] ; A Steward/Gazit Productions film for The American Experience ; written and produced by Chana Gazit ; co-produced and edited by David Steward ; narrator Liev Schreiber ; music Michael Bacon ; major funding for American Experience is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ; national corporate funding provided by Liberty Mutual and The Scotts Company. Additional funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers ; American Experience is a trademark of the WGBH Educational Foundation ; The American Experience is a production of WGBH Boston ; executive producer Margaret Drain ; senior producer Mark Samels ; series host David McCullough