DamNation (2014)

Directed by

Travis Rummel, Ben Knight

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the movement to remove dams across the United States. It follows efforts to restore rivers like the Elwha River.

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What happens

DamNation is a 2014 documentary directed by Ben Knight and Travis Rummel. It is an advocacy documentary film about the changing attitudes in the United States concerning the large system of dams in the country. The film follows the Restoration of the Elwha River, as well as a variety of other Dam removal efforts The film was produced by Patagonia, Inc., and released on March 10, 2014. Blu-ray and DVD versions were also released in 2014. The film takes an explicit point of view in support of the emerging environmental strategy of dam removal as a way to restore river ecosystems. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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