Germany 2008 • Director: Benjamin Kempas • 97 minutes • English
Dokufest Prizren, Kosovo - Human Rights Award, Anchorage International Film Festival - Second Place Best Documentary Feature, IFF Water, Sea & the Ocean Usti nad Labem - Best Environmental Film
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Native Americans in Northern California fight for their fish and the survival of their culture. An energy
corporation is messing up their river with a series of hydro-power dams, contributing to one of the worst fish die-offs in U.S. history. To confront their opponents, tribal members first travel to Scotland, then to the second richest man in the United States. The dam owners praise hydro-power as a low-cost, climate-friendly source of energy, a valuable resource they say they couldn’t afford to lose. Yet the tribes at the Klamath River may trigger the largest dam removal project in history. A long-term documentary with incredible access to tribal members, utility managers, and farmers in the basin — all fighting for water.
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Screenings
| Wellington | Saturday 9 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 10 May, 1.00pm |
| Auckland | Saturday 16 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 17 May, 1.00pm |
| Christchurch | Saturday 23 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 24 May, 1.00pm |
| Dunedin | Saturday 30 May, 3.30pm | Sunday 31 May, 1.00pm |