Cadillac Desert (1997)

Directed by

Jon H. Else

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series looks at how water management and politics reshaped the American West. It explains the struggles over water rights, the building of dams and canals, and the environmental impact of these projects.

informativecontemplativeeye-openingsoberinghistoricalthought-provokingfactualslow-paced

What happens

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature is a 1997 American four-part documentary series about water, money, politics, and the transformation of nature. The film was directed by Jon H. Else and Linda Harrar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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