Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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

Documentary History

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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  • Release Date: 1997-06-24
  • Runtime: 4h 11min
  • Directors: Jon Else, Linda Harrar.

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Cast

  • Alfre Woodard

    Narrator (voice)

  • Marc Reisner

    Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

  • Catherine Mulholland

    Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

  • Clara Rambeau

    Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

  • Kevin Starr

    Self - California State Librarian

  • Robert Towne

    Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

  • Ernie Kinney

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Cynthia Irwin

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Flora Nash

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Howard Holland

    Self - Owens Valley Resident

  • Vernon Miller

    Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

  • Robert Phillips

    Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

  • George Miller

    Self - Congressman, California

  • Elma Blaver

    Self - Mono Lake Resident

  • Sally Gaines

    Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

  • David Gaines

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

  • Augie Hess

    Self - Mono Lake Resident

  • Patricia Mulroy

    Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

  • Blaine Hamann

    Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

  • Barry Goldwater

    Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

  • Floyd Dominy

    Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

  • Daniel Beard

    Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

  • David Brower

    Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

  • Tommy Nelson

    Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

  • Ila Clements

    Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

  • Ferrell Secakuku

    Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

  • David Wegner

    Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

  • Katie Lee

    Self - River Runner

  • Martin Litton

    Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

  • Jack Woolf

    Self - Grower

  • Leland Sparks

    Self

  • Martin Semper

    Self - Semper Truck Lines

  • Jeff Edwards

    Self - Tulare Basin

  • Kathleen Brown

    Self - California State Treasurer

  • Pete Peña Jr.

    Self - Truck Driver

  • Pete Peña Sr.

    Self - Farm Laborer

  • Jason Peltier

    Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

  • Dean MacCannell

    Self - Sociologist, University of California

  • Tony Silva

    Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

  • Gary Zahm

    Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

  • John Harris

    Self - Westlands Grower

  • Sandra Postel

    Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

  • Harris Chan

    Self - Three Gorges Engineer

  • Tiahoga Ruge

    Self - Director, CICEANA

  • Hillel Shuval

    Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

  • Amos Banin

    Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

  • Jad Isaac

    Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

  • Dan Luecke

    Self - Environmental Defense Fund

  • Charles Wilkinson

    Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

  • Ken Strom

    Self - National Audubon Society

  • Chips Barry

    Self - Director, Denver Water Department

  • Steven Flanders

    Self - City Ice Company

  • Glenn France

    Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

  • Elsa Lopez

    Self - Metropolitan Water District

  • Martha Davis

    Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

  • Alejandro Robles

    Self - Conservation International

  • 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

    Self (archive footage)

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