Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Documentary | History
Release Date
June 24, 1997
Duration
251 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
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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Narrator (voice)
Alfre Woodard
Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'
Marc Reisner
Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter
Catherine Mulholland
Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe
Clara Rambeau
Self - California State Librarian
Kevin Starr
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Robert Towne
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Ernie Kinney
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Cynthia Irwin
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Flora Nash
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Howard Holland
Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe
Vernon Miller
Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75
Robert Phillips
Self - Congressman, California
George Miller
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Elma Blaver
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee
Sally Gaines
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)
David Gaines
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Augie Hess
Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Patricia Mulroy
Self - Manager, Hoover Dam
Blaine Hamann
Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969
Floyd Dominy
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995
Daniel Beard
Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club
David Brower
Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker
Tommy Nelson
Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker
Ila Clements
Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe
Ferrell Secakuku
Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies
David Wegner
Self - River Runner
Katie Lee
Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors
Martin Litton
Self - Grower
Jack Woolf
Self
Leland Sparks
Self - Semper Truck Lines
Martin Semper
Self - Tulare Basin
Jeff Edwards
Self - California State Treasurer
Kathleen Brown
Self - Truck Driver
Pete Peña Jr.
Self - Farm Laborer
Pete Peña Sr.
Self - Manager, CVP Water Association
Jason Peltier
Self - Sociologist, University of California
Dean MacCannell
Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978
Tony Silva
Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Gary Zahm
Self - Westlands Grower
John Harris
Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'
Sandra Postel
Self - Three Gorges Engineer
Harris Chan
Self - Director, CICEANA
Tiahoga Ruge
Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Hillel Shuval
Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot
Amos Banin
Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem
Jad Isaac
Self - Environmental Defense Fund
Dan Luecke
Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Charles Wilkinson
Self - National Audubon Society
Ken Strom
Self - Director, Denver Water Department
Chips Barry
Self - City Ice Company
Steven Flanders
Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ
Glenn France
Self - Metropolitan Water District
Elsa Lopez
Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee
Martha Davis
Self - Conservation International
Alejandro Robles
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
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