River Runs Through Us and The Adobe Whitewater Club of New Mexico present:
A film screening of DamNation with water engineer Norm Gaume and river conservationist Steve Harris. In addition to this fascinating movie, there will be a discussion and Q&A on the proposal to dam the Gila River, New Mexico's last wild river.
Date: October 22, 7:00 PM
Venue: Center For Contemporary Arts: 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM
Cost: $12
Reservations suggested: call 982-1338
Q&A, dessert, tea, and coffee sponsored by: Amigos Bravos, the Center for Contemporary Arts, and WildEarth Guardians
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. 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. DamNation’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through 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.
A trailer of the film: