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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.
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251 min
1997-06-24
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English
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Narrator (voice)
Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'
Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter
Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe
Self - California State Librarian
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe
Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75
Self - Congressman, California
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Self - Manager, Hoover Dam
Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995
Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club
Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker
Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker
Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe
Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies
Self - River Runner
Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors
Self - Grower
Self
Self - Semper Truck Lines
Self - Tulare Basin
Self - California State Treasurer
Self - Truck Driver
Self - Farm Laborer
Self - Manager, CVP Water Association
Self - Sociologist, University of California
Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978
Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Self - Westlands Grower
Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'
Self - Three Gorges Engineer
Self - Director, CICEANA
Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot
Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem
Self - Environmental Defense Fund
Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Self - National Audubon Society
Self - Director, Denver Water Department
Self - City Ice Company
Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ
Self - Metropolitan Water District
Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee
Self - Conservation International
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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