Special Film Events
Documentary Features
Mono Lake is a critical part of two documentary films being released this year, and both will be available for viewing in the Committee's Information Center and Bookstore this summer.
Featured is The Battle for Mono Lake, a one-hour feature produced for public television by Steven Fisher in association with KTEH, San Jose. The show documents the many aspects of the long struggle to protect Mono Lake and highlights the emotional ties to place that played such a critical role in motivating the lake's many advocates. The Battle for Mono Lake covers lots of ground--from wildlife and field research to local politics and legal doctrine--and includes footage and interviews from the historic 1994 Water Board decision.
Also being shown is episode one of the PBS Cadillac Desert series, titled "Mulholland's Dream." Based on Marc Reisner's classic history of water in the West, "Mulholland's Dream" focuses on Los Angeles's ever-expanding search for water supplies in the twentieth century. The Owens Valley water wars and Mono Lake are featured, and the episode includes an interview with Committee co-founder Sally Gaines, rare footage of a news interview done by David Gaines, and much more.
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