STOLEN PARADISE: Water and Power

NOLA Code:

SPTS 0000 H1

Number of Episodes/Length:

1 / 30

Genre:

Documentary

Rights End:

5/23/2024

Producer

California State University - Chico

TV-G

CC

sIX

Stereo

Year Produced:

2018

Version:

Base

The stark landscape of the Eastern Sierras, Mono Lake, and Owens Dry Lake illustrate the consequences of efforts in the early 20th century to move water from the Owens Valley to Los Angeles. Emphasis is on the results of 100 years of water transfers from this region averaging 5-7 inches of rain per annum, and the abiding sense of loss felt by the Paiute-Shoshone people whose ancestors first settled what is now the Owens Valley. Viewers are introduced to locals with unique insight into the grass roots impacts of decisions taken far, far away. This film is relevant to issues of climate change and environmental transformation all over the world.

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