Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
4 hours 11 minutes1997-06-24
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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.
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)
