When your tap water's at stake, science and community become sacred weapons.
Sacred Land, Sacred Water, a multimedia documentary, is the story of science and citizens working together to resist the oil and gas lobby’s efforts to pass a fracking-friendly ordinance in Sandoval County, New Mexico - threatening the sole drinking water aquifer for the population of the greater Albuquerque area.
Cinematography
Stunning Rio Grande landscapes that sell the stakes.
Writing
Clear science communication without condescension.
Direction
Tight 53 minutes—no activist-doc bloat.
Director
Lewis Jacobs
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sandoval County sits at the intersection of Pueblo nations, Hispanic land grants, and urban sprawl—making water rights layered with centuries of contested sovereignty.
Director Lewis Jacobs spent decades in observational documentary; this marks a rare pivot to explicit advocacy without sacrificing craft.
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