Contact information
Name:
Andrew Smith
Phone:
610-330-5244
Email:
smitham@lafayette.edu
Link for More Information:
When:
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where:
Landis Cinema, Buck Hall - 219 N 3rd St.
Presenter:
Andrea Armstrong
Price:
Free
DamNation (dir. Travis Rummel & Ben Knight, 2014, 94 min.) 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.
FACULTY FAVORITES FILM SERIES
Shuttle bus service to/from College Hill.
All are welcome. Open to the Public. Popcorn. Free.
Sponsored by:
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Film & Media Studies