DamNation

This powerful odyssey across America explores the radical shift in our national attitude. From pride in the great dams as engineering marvels, we’re moving towards a growing awareness that our own future is linked to the life and health of our rivers. Dam dismantling has gone beyond the fictitious “Members of the Monkey Wrench” gang to expand. When obsolete dams fall, rivers come back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right to return to primitive spawning grounds, after decades of deprivation. DamNation’s majestic cinematography, with its unexpected discoveries, invites us to explore the rivers and landscapes altered by dams, while showing us the metamorphosis of values, from the will to conquer nature to the realization that human beings are an integral part of it. Belgian premiere On VOD