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If you’ve been following The Redford Center’s work for a while, you know the importance of these two films to our organization. Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West and Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution—our second and third produced feature documentaries, respectively—were foundational to our understanding of what independent films could accomplish in terms of real-world impact.
In the time since its release in 2012, Watershed has helped raise $33M for Colorado River restoration, restore 1,200+ acres of critical habitat, and achieve major regulatory reform. After releasing on HBO in 45 countries in 2017, the Happening team produced an impact campaign that included an educational toolkit used in over 500 classrooms across the US and prominent screenings at COP23, the American Film Showcase, the Malaysian Embassy, and more.
The collective reach and impact of these two films shaped our dedication to ensuring that environmental impact films continue to receive the resources they need to help power environmental movements.
As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support 40 million people and the peace-keeping agreement known as the Colorado River Compact reaches its limits, 'Watershed' introduces hope.
In 'Watershed,' we meet Jeff Ehlert, a fly-fishing guide in Rocky Mountain National Park; Colorado rancher Dan James; delta restoration worker Edith Santiago; Navajo council member Glojean Todacheene; Rifle, Colorado, mayor Keith Lambert; Los Angeles native Jimmy Lizama, and a group of Outward Bound teens rafting down the Colorado River as they all reflect a compelling new water ethic—one that illuminates how letting go of the ways of old can lead to a path of coexisting with enough for all.
'Watershed' inspired the formation of the Raise the River coalition — a unique partnership of US and Mexican non-governmental organizations working to restore the Colorado River Delta. The film premiered on Netflix and PIVOT TV, screened in a dozen countries, and has been featured in over 50 film festivals.
- Year2012
- Runtime56 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorMark Decena
- ProducerJames Redford, Jill Tidman, Renata Foucre
- CastRobert Redford
If you’ve been following The Redford Center’s work for a while, you know the importance of these two films to our organization. Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West and Happening: A Clean Energy Revolution—our second and third produced feature documentaries, respectively—were foundational to our understanding of what independent films could accomplish in terms of real-world impact.
In the time since its release in 2012, Watershed has helped raise $33M for Colorado River restoration, restore 1,200+ acres of critical habitat, and achieve major regulatory reform. After releasing on HBO in 45 countries in 2017, the Happening team produced an impact campaign that included an educational toolkit used in over 500 classrooms across the US and prominent screenings at COP23, the American Film Showcase, the Malaysian Embassy, and more.
The collective reach and impact of these two films shaped our dedication to ensuring that environmental impact films continue to receive the resources they need to help power environmental movements.
As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support 40 million people and the peace-keeping agreement known as the Colorado River Compact reaches its limits, 'Watershed' introduces hope.
In 'Watershed,' we meet Jeff Ehlert, a fly-fishing guide in Rocky Mountain National Park; Colorado rancher Dan James; delta restoration worker Edith Santiago; Navajo council member Glojean Todacheene; Rifle, Colorado, mayor Keith Lambert; Los Angeles native Jimmy Lizama, and a group of Outward Bound teens rafting down the Colorado River as they all reflect a compelling new water ethic—one that illuminates how letting go of the ways of old can lead to a path of coexisting with enough for all.
'Watershed' inspired the formation of the Raise the River coalition — a unique partnership of US and Mexican non-governmental organizations working to restore the Colorado River Delta. The film premiered on Netflix and PIVOT TV, screened in a dozen countries, and has been featured in over 50 film festivals.
- Year2012
- Runtime56 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorMark Decena
- ProducerJames Redford, Jill Tidman, Renata Foucre
- CastRobert Redford