Robert Redford

Profiles 6 individuals: In Germany community activists respond to the Chernobyl nuclear accident by creating the country's first successful, cooperatively owned, renewable power company. In Texas, an entrepreneur returns home to his environmentally damaged coastal community to fight a major industrial polluter. In Zimbabwe when the rhino population in his homeland is threatened by heavily armed poachers, a visionary bush pilot moves the animals hundreds...

Profiles 6 individuals: In Belgium a naturalist designed and runs his country's first national park. In Mexico a farm leader helps his people use ancient technology to grow their traditional crop, while preserving water and preventing erosion. In Siberia, a local biologist helps protect Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest lake. In Ecuador two men force a huge multi-national oil company to clean up 20 years of environmental damage; in Mozambique,...

Profiles 6 individuals protecting boreal forests. In Canada, creating a sustainable community development program restoring wildlife while transforming a poverty-stricken area. In Africa; protecting Mongolia's precious water resources from unregulated mining; protecting the rights of indigenous peoples from the devastating effects of logging and mining in Peru; halting construction on an illegally-approved oil pipeline through on Irish land; and ending...

Profiles 6 individuals: In New York Attorney Helen Slottje helped towns across New York State protect themselves from fracking, when she utilized a clause in the state constitution that empowers municipalities to make local land use decisions. In India Ramesh Agrawal organized indigenous people to demand their right to information and succeeded in shutting down one of the largest proposed coalmines in Chhattisgarh. In Russia zoologist, Suren Gazaryan...

Zambia and Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) represent two divergent strategies on environmentalism. Meet people from both countries and learn of the successes, failures, and sacrifices they experienced seeking environmental justice.

Biodiversity is a central component to the successful operation of Earth's natural systems. Meet people from Haiti, Myanmar, Honduras, Kenya, Canada, and Scotland who spend time and energy securing healthy local environmental regulations.

Our natural environments are intrinsically more valuable than any grand visions of wealth created using methods detrimental to the Earth. Meet people in New York, India, Russia, Peru, Sumatra, and South Africa who favor health over profit.

Stewardship of the land is a central part of the human condition. Unfortunately, in some cases, so is greed. Meet people from California, Congo, India, Australia, Guatemala, and Slovenia whose spirit matches their intent to live healthily.

Set against the rugged ranchlands of Wyoming, the story of a modern-day Western family, as stoic as they are divided, learning the true meaning of forgiveness. "A four star film...as good as it gets!"--Richard Roeper. "Powerful & unforgettable!"--New York Observer. "One of the best dramas of the year."--CBS-TV. "Two thumbs way up!"--Ebert & Roeper.

Executive Produced and Narrated by Robert Redford and Directed by award-winning filmmaker Mark Decena, WATERSHED tells the story of the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River and offers solutions for the future of the American West. Can we find harmony amongst the competing interests of cities, agriculture, industry, recreation, wildlife, and indigenous communities with rights to the water? As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the...