Water Beneath Our Feet
Symposium & Film Series on Watersheds, April 26th & 27th
Presented by the Elemental Arts Initiative and Environmental Analysis Program of the Claremont Colleges.
A two-day event on water and water resources that are right beneath us. Join us for a provocative set of documentaries that probe the politics and cultural meaning of watersheds, an essential feature of life in the American West. Meet some of the filmmakers who crafted these compelling films. And on Friday join an interdisciplinary discussion about the water beneath our feet.
Thinking Like a Watershed: A Film Series
Thursday, April 26
PO Hahn 101
Films:
4:00 p.m. Green Fire: Aldo Leopold (filmmakers: Steve and Ann Dunsky)
co-sponsored with the USDA Forest Service: Angeles National Forest
6:00 p.m. Reception: food and conversation
7:00 p.m. Chasing Water, a short film on the Colorado River
7:30 p.m. Rock the Boat, on revitalizing the Los Angeles River
(filmmaker Thea Mercouffer)
9:00 p.m. Q&A
The Water Beneath Our Feet: A Symposium
Friday, April 27
PO Hahn 101
4:00 p.m.
Speakers:
• Char Miller, Environmental Analysis Program (EA)
• Robertjohn Knapp Seneca, Tubatulabal, Ohlone Ceremonial Leader
• Trevor Bisset, EA’10 India Water Authority
• Na’ama Schweitzer, EA’13
• Martha Davis, Inland Empire Utility Agency
• Ava Untermeyer, Dance’12
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