– Narrated by Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance, Film Explores North America’s Wildest River –
Narrated by stage legend and Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance,
THE COLORADO takes viewers on a free-flowing journey through the river’s diverse history. From the earliest settlements in the region to the impact of climate change today, the documentary tells the stories of European and Anglo-American explorations in the 18th and 19th centuries, the dam-building era and its consequences, agriculture and immigration, and the fate of the river’s delta in Mexico.
Granite Rapid, Colorado River, Grand Canyon
Five critically acclaimed composers William Brittelle, Glenn Kotche, Shara Nova, Paola Prestini, and recent Pulitzer and Grammy winner John Luther Adams bring their unique voices to this narrative. The Grammy-laureate vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth, percussionist Glenn Kotche (of the popular band Wilco) and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler (formerly with the Kronos Quartet), ma