Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

1997

4h 11m

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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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61 members

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Alfre Woodard

Narrator (voice)

Writing

Marc Reisner

Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

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Catherine Mulholland

Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

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Clara Rambeau

Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

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Kevin Starr

Self - California State Librarian

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Robert Towne

Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

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Ernie Kinney

Self - Owens Valley Resident

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Cynthia Irwin

Self - Owens Valley Resident

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Flora Nash

Self - Owens Valley Resident

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Howard Holland

Self - Owens Valley Resident

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Vernon Miller

Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

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Robert Phillips

Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

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George Miller

Self - Congressman, California

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Elma Blaver

Self - Mono Lake Resident

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Sally Gaines

Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

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David Gaines

Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)

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Augie Hess

Self - Mono Lake Resident

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Patricia Mulroy

Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

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Blaine Hamann

Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

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Barry Goldwater

Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

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Floyd Dominy

Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

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Daniel Beard

Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

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David Brower

Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

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Tommy Nelson

Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

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Ila Clements

Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

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Ferrell Secakuku

Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

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David Wegner

Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

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Katie Lee

Self - River Runner

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Martin Litton

Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

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Jack Woolf

Self - Grower

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Leland Sparks

Self

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Martin Semper

Self - Semper Truck Lines

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Jeff Edwards

Self - Tulare Basin

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Kathleen Brown

Self - California State Treasurer

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Pete Peña Jr.

Self - Truck Driver

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Pete Peña Sr.

Self - Farm Laborer

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Jason Peltier

Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

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Dean MacCannell

Self - Sociologist, University of California

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Tony Silva

Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

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Gary Zahm

Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

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John Harris

Self - Westlands Grower

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Sandra Postel

Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

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Harris Chan

Self - Three Gorges Engineer

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Tiahoga Ruge

Self - Director, CICEANA

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Hillel Shuval

Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

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Amos Banin

Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

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Jad Isaac

Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

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Dan Luecke

Self - Environmental Defense Fund

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Charles Wilkinson

Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

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Ken Strom

Self - National Audubon Society

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Chips Barry

Self - Director, Denver Water Department

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Steven Flanders

Self - City Ice Company

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Glenn France

Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

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Elsa Lopez

Self - Metropolitan Water District

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Martha Davis

Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

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Alejandro Robles

Self - Conservation International

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

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John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

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Jimmy Carter

Self (archive footage)

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Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

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George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

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