This year is the 33rd annual DC Environmental Film Festival! We’re bringing you a curated list of aquatic film options throughout the festival. As members of the WAN community, use discount code DCECOORG for 25% off paid programs. Explore the full DC Environmental Film Festival schedule here.
In the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the Kiamichi River is a bastion of eco-diversity. A Texas corporation seeks to dam and build a hydroelectric plant on the small river. For a group of locals, theirs is a generations-long struggle with resource extraction and displacement that began with the Trail of Tears. The story follows the river as its main character as the director also explores the effects of her Choctaw grandfather’s work for the Army Corps of Engineers - damming rivers throughout tribal land in Oklahoma. Interwoven are the stories of the river’s advocates—residents, Choctaw culture-keepers and scientists—who have come together to protect the river.