River's End: California's Latest Water War

2021

Action / Documentary

3
IMDb Rating 8.1/10 10 73 73

human vs nature river water supply documentary filmmaking

Plot summary

A documentary that reveals California's complex struggle over who gets fresh water, and how moneyed interests game the system. Constant battling over uncertain water supplies heralds an impending crisis—not just in California, but around the world.

Director

Jacob Morrison Photo
Jacob Morrison

Top cast

Peter H. Gleick Photo
Peter H. Gleick as Self - Scientist and Author
Char Miller Photo
Char Miller as Self
Delanna Studi Photo
Delanna Studi as Narrator
Alan Bacock Photo
Alan Bacock as Self
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
748.59 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
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1.36 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by apherzig 10 / 10

Wonderful Documentary

Fascinating insight into the corruption and secrecy which has become far too common in the water industry. Eye-opening, wonderfully edited and wonderfully shot.
Reviewed by christinenewsom 5 / 10

Misses a major point

Interesting doc but in the end felt more like an attack on Westlands rather than fully address ALL of the issues with water in California. Was great to see this topic discussed but they completely overlooked how livestock uses far more water than almonds. If we all went plant based then even almonds would not be a problem. They showed a few glimpses here and there of livestock, even some of the Westland livestock farms but completely ignored that livestock wastes the most water and is something we do not need to survive. We cut out the beef and we've basically solved many of the water problems. Not sure why this topic is so often ignored other than the fact that the people making docs such as this would have to admit they are part of the problem and thus change their own habits and even advocate plant based life styles which they don't seem keen on doing so do they really care?
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