The sky turns black, blotting out the sun. The air is suddenly 30 degrees hotter and dust infiltrates every possible crevice. People are buried alive as they run for their lives. You are trapped in a Martian dust storm. As the potential for human exploration of Mars becomes more of a reality, scientists are following a trail of dust around the Earth. Using cutting-edge GGI, we experience the terrifying impact an all-encompassing, Martian-sized dust storm would have on Earth.
The genre of the film DUST could be called fantastic realism or existential drama with elements of the fantastic. Dust means the haste in which people live. Dust is a common misconception, the natural clogging up of the brain. Specks of dust how scientists perceive people, scientists who think they know more than anyone else about the universe.
Dust to Eat - Filmmaker Ken Burns chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history. By 1933, the people of the southern plains were already weary of the year-long drought that had withered their crops and turned their fields to dust. The prosperous years of bountiful harvests and high wheat prices were still fresh in the memory, with farmers remaining optimistic even as the Great Depression gripped the country and farm prices collapsed. Unfortunately the worst was yet to come.