Narrator (voice)

Alfre Woodard

Acting

Self - Author, 'Cadillac Desert'

Marc Reisner

Writing

Self - William Mullholand's Granddaughter

Catherine Mulholland

Acting

Self - Elder, Owens Valley Paiute Tribe

Clara Rambeau

Acting

Self - California State Librarian

Kevin Starr

Acting

Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'

Robert Towne

Writing

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Ernie Kinney

Acting

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Cynthia Irwin

Acting

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Flora Nash

Acting

Self - Owens Valley Resident

Howard Holland

Acting

Self - Chairman, Fort Independence Tribe

Vernon Miller

Acting

Self - General Manager, Chief Engineer 1972-75

Robert Phillips

Acting

Self - Congressman, California

George Miller

Acting

Self - Mono Lake Resident

Elma Blaver

Acting

Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee

Sally Gaines

Acting

Self - Co-Founder, Mono Lake Committee (archive footage)

David Gaines

Acting

Self - Mono Lake Resident

Augie Hess

Acting

Self - Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District

Patricia Mulroy

Acting

Self - Manager, Hoover Dam

Blaine Hamann

Acting

Self - U.S. Senator, Arizona

Barry Goldwater

Acting

Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1959-1969

Floyd Dominy

Acting

Self - Commissioner of Reclamation, 1993-1995

Daniel Beard

Acting

Self - Executive Director, Sierra Club

David Brower

Acting

Self - Hoover Dam Construction Worker

Tommy Nelson

Acting

Self - Daughter of Hoover Dam Worker

Ila Clements

Acting

Self - Chairman, Hopi Tribe

Ferrell Secakuku

Acting

Self - Manager, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies

David Wegner

Acting

Self - River Runner

Katie Lee

Acting

Self - Sierra Club Board of Directors

Martin Litton

Acting

Self - Grower

Jack Woolf

Acting

Self

Leland Sparks

Acting

Self - Semper Truck Lines

Martin Semper

Acting

Self - Tulare Basin

Jeff Edwards

Acting

Self - California State Treasurer

Kathleen Brown

Acting

Self - Truck Driver

Pete Peña Jr.

Acting

Self - Farm Laborer

Pete Peña Sr.

Acting

Self - Manager, CVP Water Association

Jason Peltier

Acting

Self - Sociologist, University of California

Dean MacCannell

Acting

Self - Mayor of Huron, 1978

Tony Silva

Acting

Self - US Fish & Wildlife Service

Gary Zahm

Acting

Self - Westlands Grower

John Harris

Acting

Self - Author, 'Last Oasis'

Sandra Postel

Acting

Self - Three Gorges Engineer

Harris Chan

Acting

Self - Director, CICEANA

Tiahoga Ruge

Acting

Self - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Hillel Shuval

Acting

Self - Hebrew University, Rehovot

Amos Banin

Acting

Self - Director, Applied Research Institute, Bethlehem

Jad Isaac

Acting

Self - Environmental Defense Fund

Dan Luecke

Acting

Self - Professor of Law, University of Colorado

Charles Wilkinson

Acting

Self - National Audubon Society

Ken Strom

Acting

Self - Director, Denver Water Department

Chips Barry

Acting

Self - City Ice Company

Steven Flanders

Acting

Self - Casa Del Agua, Tucson, AZ

Glenn France

Acting

Self - Metropolitan Water District

Elsa Lopez

Acting

Self - Exec. Director, Mono Lake Committee

Martha Davis

Acting

Self - Conservation International

Alejandro Robles

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Acting

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Acting

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Acting

Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush

Acting