Inspiration: DamNation Documentary is a Must-See

June 10th, 2014 • BY

Katie Lee reflects in one of Glen Canyon's magical side canyons before they were flooded in 1963 by the completion of Glen Canyon Dam and what she calls “Res Foul” (aka Lake Powell) in a scene from DAMNATION. Photo: Katie Lee Collection
Ed Abbey would have been proud. Released to the public last week, DamNation is powerful film odyssey that explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our future is intimately bound to the life and health of our rivers. Directed, produced, and edited by filmmakers Ben Knight, Travis Rummel, and Matt Stoecker, the film is presented by Patagonia with founder Yvon Chouinard as Executive Producer.
 
“From an early age we are taught that we are responsible for cleaning up our own mess,” says Chouinard. “But this lesson also applies to our home planet. When we despoil a place with toxic waste, change our climate with fossil fuels or build a destructive and soon-to-be useless dam, we have the responsibility to clean it up and make it all whole and natural again. Time and again, I’ve witnessed how removing an unnecessary dam is the responsible, and eventually celebrated, choice.”
 
DamNation reveals that dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access. Via majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries, DamNation moves through the country’s rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature.
 
Check out this important flick’s trailer below (the full film can be rented or purchased at the end of the trailer via Vimeo OnDemand).

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