Tales of the San Joaquin – A River Restored
Christopher Beaver, John Nutt, Scott Andrews
(USA, 2010, 55 min)
For the first time in nearly 60 years, the 350-mile long San Joaquin River, the second largest in California, has come back to life. For twenty years an activist coalition fought to restore the river and return salmon to the San Joaquin’s waters. This newly re-edited version of the film provides more details on the historic plight of the river, the beauty of the river before water diversion for agriculture reduced the river to a desert, and features a visual ballet of the restored water coursing down the dry river bed.
