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Over Troubled Waters to Show in Sierra Foothill Premiere, Followed by Q&A Panel Discussion
Sutter Creek, CA....On Friday, November 30, the acclaimed film, Over Troubled Waters, will have its central Sierra premiere at the Sutter Creek Theater on Main Street, Sutter Creek. The 7:30 pm showing will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion with Delta experts. The event is sponsored by the Foothill Conservancy....
In this visually rich documentary, Ed Begley Jr. narrates the story of how the people of the Delta are fighting to protect the region they love and to encourage saner, sustainable water policies for all the people of California in the face of calls for huge tunnels to move more water south.
“The peripheral tunnel issue has huge implications for the Sierra foothills, rivers and water policy,” said Foothill Conservancy Vice-President Pete Bell. “Since our local rivers feed the Delta, decisions made about its future will affect us as well. We’re sponsoring this showing and panel to help local people better understand what’s at stake.”
The short film will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion with Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta, which produced the documentary, and Bill Jennings, executive director of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance.
“This film is our chance to tell the real Delta story,” said Barrigan-Parrilla. “This film reveals how powerful forces are using fear of flooding and earthquakes to make a case for transforming a unique, beautiful, productive region into a permanent way station for water going somewhere else. They are trying to shore up an outdated water system with a massive, multi-billion dollar water transfer project that Californians will be paying for decades.”
Over Troubled Waters was selected as a participant in the 9th Annual Artivist Film Festival, held earlier this month in Hollywood. Early next year, it will be shown in the respected Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City.
All are welcome to attend this special event. A $5 donation is suggested at the door, but not required for admission.
For more information on the event, contact Randy Berg at randy@foothillconservancy.org or call 209-295-4900. To see a trailer of the film, see www.overtroubledwaters.org.
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