Poison in the Rockies 1990
Acid rain, economic development, and a century of mining pollute Rocky Mountain waters.
Acid rain, economic development, and a century of mining pollute Rocky Mountain waters.
The birth of the radical environmental movement is captured in this short, poetic film on the legendary direct action at Glen Canyon Dam in March of 1981. The film contains one of the only interviews ever given by the late, great author Edward Abbey along with his classic speech from the back of a pick-up truck.
Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.