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Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries.
Keywords
california
israel
mexico city, mexico
palestine
denver, colorado
grand canyon
jordan
dam
water shortage
las vegas
pesticide
water pollution
birth defect
salmon
flood
environmental conservation
drought
farming
aqueduct
american west
irrigation
water rights
yangtze river
civil engineering
phoenix, arizona
sierra club
hoover dam
agribusiness
sanitation
california desert
colorado river
water
gaza
dam collapse
extinct animal
hydroelectric dam
fisheries
water conservation
Casts
Alfre Woodard
Narrator (voice)
Marc Reisner
Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'
Catherine Mulholland
Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter
Clara Rambeau
Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe
Kevin Starr
Self - California State Librarian
Robert Towne
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Ernie Kinney
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Cynthia Irwin
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Flora Nash
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Howard Holland
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Vernon Miller
Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe
Robert Phillips
Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75
George Miller
Self - Congressman, California
Elma Blaver
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Sally Gaines
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee
David Gaines
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)
Augie Hess
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Patricia Mulroy
Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Blaine Hamann
Self - Manager, Hoover Dam
Barry Goldwater
Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
Floyd Dominy
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969
Daniel Beard
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995
David Brower
Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club
Tommy Nelson
Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker
Ila Clements
Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker
Ferrell Secakuku
Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe
David Wegner
Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies
Katie Lee
Self - River Runner
Martin Litton
Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors
Jack Woolf
Self - Grower
Leland Sparks
Self
Martin Semper
Self - Semper Truck Lines
Jeff Edwards
Self - Tulare Basin
Kathleen Brown
Self - California State Treasurer
Pete Peña Jr.
Self - Truck Driver
Pete Peña Sr.
Self - Farm Laborer
Jason Peltier
Self - Manager, CVP Water Association
Dean MacCannell
Self - Sociologist, University of California
Tony Silva
Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978
Gary Zahm
Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service
John Harris
Self - Westlands Grower
Sandra Postel
Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'
Harris Chan
Self - Three Gorges Engineer
Tiahoga Ruge
Self - Director, CICEANA
Hillel Shuval
Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Amos Banin
Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot
Jad Isaac
Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem
Dan Luecke
Self - Environmental Defense Fund
Charles Wilkinson
Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Ken Strom
Self - National Audubon Society
Chips Barry
Self - Director, Denver Water Department
Steven Flanders
Self - City Ice Company
Glenn France
Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ
Elsa Lopez
Self - Metropolitan Water District
Martha Davis
Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee
Alejandro Robles
Self - Conservation International
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Crews
Jon Else
Director
Linda Harrar
Director
Jon Else
Producer
Linda Harrar
Producer
Jonathan T. Taplin
Executive Producer
Jon Else
Writer
Sandra Itkoff
Executive Producer
Ramona S. Diaz
Associate Producer
Deborah Hoffmann
Editor
Kirsten Jones Neff
Associate Producer
Jonathan Halperin
Associate Producer
Deborah Fryers
Associate Producer
Dan McCann
Line Producer
Jamie'Stobie
Post-Production Manager
Richard Berge
Production Coordinator
Martha Olson Jarocki
Archival Footage Coordinator
John Haptas
Location Sound Recordist
Jon Shenk
Assistant Editor
Todd Wagner
Researcher
Jay Boekelheide
Sound Designer
Robert Dalva
Editor
Glenn Hunsberger
Editor
David Linstrom
Location Sound Recordist
H.J. Brown
Cinematography
Michael Chin
Cinematography
Jon Else
Cinematography
Martin Bresnick
Original Music Composer
Rena Kosersky
Music Consultant
Sandra Postel
Book
Don Briggs
Additional Photography
Stephen Lighthill
Additional Photography
Brett Wiley
Additional Photography
Phil Tuwaletstiwa
Thanks
Marc Reisner
Book
