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Sep 8, 2022 · Life on Jewel Island is blissful - and brutal. Every year the ancient desert floods, turning the dry wasteland into a lush water world. For the herbivores, the flood brings a bounty, but for the lions, the rising waters imprisons and challenges their very survival.
- Tim Liversedge
- 2022-09-08
- Documentary
- 43
May 3, 2022 · Flood in the Desert: Directed by Rob Rapley. With Andre Braugher. Explore the 1928 dam collapse, the 2nd deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Rob Rapley
- 2022-05-03
FLOOD IN THE DESERT tells the story of the St. Francis Dam disaster, which not only destroyed hundreds of lives and millions of dollars’ worth of property; it also washed away the...
- 53 min
- 1.5M
- American Experience | PBS
Aug 22, 2023 · Ten thousand people lived downstream. Flood in the Desert tells the story of the St. Francis Dam disaster, which not only destroyed hundreds of lives and millions of dollars’ worth of property;...
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Flood in the Desert | PBS America | UK. Watch on. Show Schedule. Full TV Schedule. About the Show. Explore the 1928 St Francis Dam collapse, the second deadliest disaster in California's history. An engineering failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, who had ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing water to the city via aqueduct. Ⓢ.
“Flood in the Desert” manages to check several boxes in a scant 52 minutes. On the surface, the documentary examines the ingenuity—and blind arrogance—needed to harness an element as formidable as water. But a deeper dive examines how the quest for power always comes at the expense of the powerless.
