Alfre Woodard
Narrator (voice)
Acting
Marc Reisner
Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'
Writing
Catherine Mulholland
Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter
Acting
Clara Rambeau
Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe
Acting
Kevin Starr
Self - California State Librarian
Acting
Robert Towne
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Writing
Ernie Kinney
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Acting
Cynthia Irwin
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Acting
Flora Nash
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Acting
Howard Holland
Self - Owens Valley Resident
Acting
Vernon Miller
Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe
Acting
Robert Phillips
Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75
Acting
George Miller
Self - Congressman, California
Acting
Elma Blaver
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Acting
Sally Gaines
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee
Acting
David Gaines
Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)
Acting
Augie Hess
Self - Mono Lake Resident
Acting
Patricia Mulroy
Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District
Acting
Blaine Hamann
Self - Manager, Hoover Dam
Acting
Barry Goldwater
Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona
Acting
Floyd Dominy
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969
Acting
Daniel Beard
Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995
Acting
David Brower
Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club
Acting
Tommy Nelson
Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker
Acting
Ila Clements
Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker
Acting
Ferrell Secakuku
Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe
Acting
David Wegner
Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies
Acting
Katie Lee
Self - River Runner
Acting
Martin Litton
Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors
Acting
Jack Woolf
Self - Grower
Acting
Leland Sparks
Self
Acting
Martin Semper
Self - Semper Truck Lines
Acting
Jeff Edwards
Self - Tulare Basin
Acting
Kathleen Brown
Self - California State Treasurer
Acting
Pete Peña Jr.
Self - Truck Driver
Acting
Pete Peña Sr.
Self - Farm Laborer
Acting
Jason Peltier
Self - Manager, CVP Water Association
Acting
Dean MacCannell
Self - Sociologist, University of California
Acting
Tony Silva
Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978
Acting
Gary Zahm
Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service
Acting
John Harris
Self - Westlands Grower
Acting
Sandra Postel
Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'
Acting
Harris Chan
Self - Three Gorges Engineer
Acting
Tiahoga Ruge
Self - Director, CICEANA
Acting
Hillel Shuval
Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Acting
Amos Banin
Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot
Acting
Jad Isaac
Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem
Acting
Dan Luecke
Self - Environmental Defense Fund
Acting
Charles Wilkinson
Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Acting
Ken Strom
Self - National Audubon Society
Acting
Chips Barry
Self - Director, Denver Water Department
Acting
Steven Flanders
Self - City Ice Company
Acting
Glenn France
Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ
Acting
Elsa Lopez
Self - Metropolitan Water District
Acting
Martha Davis
Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee
Acting
Alejandro Robles
Self - Conservation International
Acting
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
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John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
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Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
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Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Acting
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Acting