SummaryWater & Power: A California Heist reveals the story of how a handful of water barons gained control of the state’s most precious resource, while drought and a groundwater crisis left local homeowners with dry wells. From a 1990s backroom rewrite of the State Water Project through a breaking investigation into illicit transfers of groundwater, the... Read More
Directed By:Marina Zenovich
Written By:Mark Arax
Water & Power: A California Heist
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Mar 2, 2017
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Guided by the work of a handful of burr-like journalists, this dense and disturbing documentary dives into the regulatory quagmire of California water rights with more courage than hope.
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While the approach taken by filmmaker Marina Zenovich, who directed 2008’s “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” relies heavily on talking heads — Gov. Jerry Brown among them — she admittedly paints a compelling picture of timeless greed.
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In Water & Power: A California Heist, Zenovich tackles a subject of enormous importance, but fails to match that import with dramatic storytelling.
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Production Company:
- Jigsaw Productions
Release Date:Mar 3, 2017
Duration:1 h 27 m
Rating:PG
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
