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Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)

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.

Documentary History

Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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as Narrator (voice)

as Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

Catherine Mulholland

Catherine Mulholland

as Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

as Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

as Self - California State Librarian

as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

as Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

Robert Phillips

Robert Phillips

as Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

as Self - Congressman, California

as Self - Mono Lake Resident

as Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

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

as Self - Mono Lake Resident

Patricia Mulroy

Patricia Mulroy

as Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

as Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater

as Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

as Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

as Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

as Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

as Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

as Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

Ferrell Secakuku

Ferrell Secakuku

as Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

as Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

as Self - River Runner

as Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

as Self - Grower

as Self - Semper Truck Lines

as Self - Tulare Basin

as Self - California State Treasurer

as Self - Truck Driver

as Self - Farm Laborer

as Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

Dean MacCannell

Dean MacCannell

as Self - Sociologist, University of California

as Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

as Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

as Self - Westlands Grower

as Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

as Self - Three Gorges Engineer

as Self - Director, CICEANA

as Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

as Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

as Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

as Self - Environmental Defense Fund

Charles Wilkinson

Charles Wilkinson

as Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

as Self - National Audubon Society

as Self - Director, Denver Water Department

Steven Flanders

Steven Flanders

as Self - City Ice Company

as Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

as Self - Metropolitan Water District

as Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

Alejandro Robles

Alejandro Robles

as Self - Conservation International

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

as Self (archive footage)

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Executive Producer

Post-Production Manager

Production Coordinator

Martha Olson Jarocki

Martha Olson Jarocki

Archival Footage Coordinator

Location Sound Recordist

Associate Producer

Deborah Hoffmann

Deborah Hoffmann

Assistant Editor

Jonathan Halperin

Jonathan Halperin

Associate Producer

Jay Boekelheide

Jay Boekelheide

Associate Producer

Glenn Hunsberger

Glenn Hunsberger

Kirsten Jones Neff

Kirsten Jones Neff

Associate Producer

Jonathan T. Taplin

Jonathan T. Taplin

Executive Producer

Location Sound Recordist

Music Consultant

Martin Bresnick

Martin Bresnick

Original Music Composer

Additional Photography

Phil Tuwaletstiwa

Phil Tuwaletstiwa

Additional Photography

Stephen Lighthill

Stephen Lighthill

Additional Photography

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