Riven

Alfre Woodard

as Narrator (voice)

Marc Reisner

as Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

Catherine Mulholland

as Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

Clara Rambeau

as Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

Kevin Starr

as Self - California State Librarian

Robert Towne

as Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

Ernie Kinney

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

Cynthia Irwin

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

Flora Nash

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

Howard Holland

as Self - Owens Valley Resident

Vernon Miller

as Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

Robert Phillips

as Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

George Miller

as Self - Congressman, California

Elma Blaver

as Self - Mono Lake Resident

Sally Gaines

as Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

David Gaines

as Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)

Augie Hess

as Self - Mono Lake Resident

Patricia Mulroy

as Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

Blaine Hamann

as Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

Barry Goldwater

as Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

Floyd Dominy

as Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

Daniel Beard

as Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

David Brower

as Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

Tommy Nelson

as Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

Ila Clements

as Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

Ferrell Secakuku

as Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

David Wegner

as Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

Katie Lee

as Self - River Runner

Martin Litton

as Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

Jack Woolf

as Self - Grower

Leland Sparks

as Self

Martin Semper

as Self - Semper Truck Lines

Jeff Edwards

as Self - Tulare Basin

Kathleen Brown

as Self - California State Treasurer

Pete Peña Jr.

as Self - Truck Driver

Pete Peña Sr.

as Self - Farm Laborer

Jason Peltier

as Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

Dean MacCannell

as Self - Sociologist, University of California

Tony Silva

as Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

Gary Zahm

as Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

John Harris

as Self - Westlands Grower

Sandra Postel

as Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

Harris Chan

as Self - Three Gorges Engineer

Tiahoga Ruge

as Self - Director, CICEANA

Hillel Shuval

as Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Amos Banin

as Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

Jad Isaac

as Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

Dan Luecke

as Self - Environmental Defense Fund

Charles Wilkinson

as Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

Ken Strom

as Self - National Audubon Society

Chips Barry

as Self - Director, Denver Water Department

Steven Flanders

as Self - City Ice Company

Glenn France

as Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

Elsa Lopez

as Self - Metropolitan Water District

Martha Davis

as Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

Alejandro Robles

as Self - Conservation International

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

as Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

as Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

as Self (archive footage)

Jon Else

Producer

Glenn Hunsberger

Editor

John Haptas

Location Sound Recordist

Linda Harrar

Producer

Martha Olson Jarocki

Archival Footage Coordinator

Deborah Fryers

Associate Producer

Jon Else

Writer

Deborah Hoffmann

Editor

Jon Shenk

Assistant Editor

Todd Wagner

Researcher

Jonathan T. Taplin

Executive Producer

Jamie'Stobie

Post-Production Manager

Jon Else

Director

Kirsten Jones Neff

Associate Producer

Jay Boekelheide

Sound Designer

David Linstrom

Location Sound Recordist

Linda Harrar

Director

Richard Berge

Production Coordinator

Ramona S. Diaz

Associate Producer

Dan McCann

Line Producer

Jonathan Halperin

Associate Producer

Sandra Itkoff

Executive Producer

Robert Dalva

Editor

H.J. Brown

Cinematography

Michael Chin

Cinematography

Jon Else

Cinematography

Sandra Postel

Book

Rena Kosersky

Music Consultant

Martin Bresnick

Original Music Composer

Phil Tuwaletstiwa

Thanks

Stephen Lighthill

Additional Photography

Brett Wiley

Additional Photography

Don Briggs

Additional Photography

Marc Reisner

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