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Cadillac Desert: A American Nile (Water and the Transformation of Nature) [VHS]
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Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Alfre Woodard
David Brower
Floyd Dominy
Barry Goldwater
Robert Towne
Creators:
Hilyard John Brown (Cinematographer)
Jon Else (Cinematographer)
Jon Else (Producer)
Jon Else (Writer)
Michael Chin (Cinematographer)
Linda Harrar (Producer)
Dan McCann (Producer)
Jonathan Halperin (Producer)
Jonathan T. Taplin (Producer)
Sandra Itkoff (Producer)
Todd Wagner (Producer)
Marc Reisner (Writer)
Sandra Postel (Writer)
Director(s):
Jon Else Linda Harrar
Recording label: Homevision / KTEH / PBS / Columbia EAN: 9780780019287Binding: VHS TapeISBN: 0780019288Format: Color, NTSC, Release Date: 2000-06-16Universal product code (UPC): 037429112731Number of discs: 1Audience rating: NR (Not Rated)Description
An American Nile charts the Colorado River's 100-year transformation from a wild desert river to the most controlled, litigated, and over-allocated river in history. The first river to come under complete human control, it can now be turned off, to the last drop.
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We can turn the Colorado River off, if we want to. That sobering thought is the heart of An American Nile, an exploration of the dam-building frenzy that possessed the Bureau of Reclamation in the middle part of the 20th century and nearly led to damming the Grand Canyon. Through stock footage, modern shots of the river and its surrounding country, and interviews with the builders and their environmentalist foes, we can see the struggle between two noble desires: to make the desert livable and to preserve the wilderness. Stirring and triumphant as the great dams are, they unquestionably started a chain reaction of environmental consequences unforeseen by their designers. Watching the Cadillac Desert series reminds us that we have great power, and we must use it wisely if we want the desert to continue bearing fruit. --Rob Lightner
Running time: 55 minutes
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