The Grand Canyon is a world heritage site of breathtaking beauty, where rivers meet and some believe life begins. But today, it’s also where two drastically opposed viewpoints converge and clash. A developer has plans to build a gigantic tourist settlement there, while Native Americans are fighting to protect land they view as sacred, and environmentalists are up in arms about the impact on water supply and ecology that the construction project and its aftermath would bring.
CREDITS
Producer: Ting Fan
Director: Daniel Ferrara
Editor: Daniel Ferrara
Camera: Nils Aucante, Daniel Ferrara
Re-recording Mixer: Yahel Dooley
Animation and Graphic Designers: Sheau Ling Soo, Nancy C.H. Wei
Writer: Daniel Ferrara
Production Assistant: Frederick Awiti
Navajo Translatior: Esther Yazzie-Lewis
Additional VIdeo and Photo Courtesy of: Bindernowski/Pond5.com, National Park Service
Special Thanks To: Renae Yellowhorse, Earlene Reid, Roger Clark, Ashley Davidson, Sinjin Eberle, Chip Thomas, Ellson Bennett, Callie Bennett, Stacey Jensen, The National Park Service
The Grand Canyon is a world heritage site of breathtaking beauty, where rivers meet and some believe life begins. But today, it’s also where two drastically opposed viewpoints converge and clash. A developer has plans to build a gigantic tourist settlement there, while Native Americans are fighting to protect land they view as sacred, and environmentalists are up in arms about the impact on water supply and ecology that the construction project and its aftermath would bring.
CREDITS
Producer: Ting Fan
Director: Daniel Ferrara
Editor: Daniel Ferrara
Camera: Nils Aucante, Daniel Ferrara
Re-recording Mixer: Yahel Dooley
Animation and Graphic Designers: Sheau Ling Soo, Nancy C.H. Wei
Writer: Daniel Ferrara
Production Assistant: Frederick Awiti
Navajo Translatior: Esther Yazzie-Lewis
Additional VIdeo and Photo Courtesy of: Bindernowski/Pond5.com, National Park Service
Special Thanks To: Renae Yellowhorse, Earlene Reid, Roger Clark, Ashley Davidson, Sinjin Eberle, Chip Thomas, Ellson Bennett, Callie Bennett, Stacey Jensen, The National Park Service