DCEFF Fall Showcase

Water is Life: Films By Taylor Graham

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7 films in package
Filmmaker Intro: Taylor Graham
Filmmaker Taylor Graham gives some brief background into the films in this showcase.
Mahakali
A group of Indian whitewater kayakers complete a first, and likely final, descent of the dam-threatened Mahakali River.
Kumik and the Glacier
Meme Falchung, the oldest person in Kumik (a hillside community in northwest India), has watched through the years as the glacier above his village melts away.
The Women of Kunda Basti
Set during the blistering heat of summer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, The Women of Kunda Basti follows the lives of three women in an urban slum, where the burden of collecting and often fighting for water is carried by the community’s mothers and daughters.
Glen Canyon Rediscovered
|Chronicles a 350-mile, sea-kayak-based journey to the remote and lost wonders of Glen Canyon, the “place no one knew.”
Seldom Seen Sleight
When Ken Sleight first floated the Colorado River through southern Utah’s Glen Canyon in 1955, he recognized the canyon as a place where he could spend the rest of his life.
Water Flows Together
Colleen Cooley is one of the few female Diné river guides on the San Juan River. This short documentary follows her down the river as she reflects on the profound responsibility we have to treat water with reverence and care.

Filmmaker Taylor Graham explores stories of people and their relationships to water -- in both India and the American Southwest.

When Ken Sleight first floated the Colorado River through southern Utah’s Glen Canyon in 1955, he recognized the canyon as a place where he could spend the rest of his life. Shortly thereafter, he left a comfortable desk job at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company to start his own river guiding company. With plans for Glen Canyon Dam already in the works, however, he knew he was building his life around a condemned world.

  • Year
    2018
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Taylor Graham
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