A documentary that reveals California's complex struggle over who gets fresh water, and how moneyed interests game the system. Constant battling over uncertain water supplies heralds an impending crisis—not just in California, but around the world.
Cinematography
Aerial shots of vanishing rivers that belong in a horror film.
Direction
Morrison weaves corporate crime and indigenous voices with surgical precision.
Editing
Tight 81 minutes — no fat, all fury.
Director
Jacob Morrison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film amplifies indigenous voices often erased from water rights discussions, including the Winnemem Wintu tribe's fight to restore salmon runs.
Director Jacob Morrison spent four years embedded with water activists, capturing the 2018-2019 period when California's groundwater legislation finally began enforcement.
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