Film
The Snake and the Whale
2025 · 1h 36m · Documentary · Crime · History
Revealing propaganda maintaining the status quo, investigative journalism uncovers outdated dams on the Lower Snake River driving salmon and killer whale extinctions.
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Overview
When an apex predator is in decline, so too is its ecosystem. Investigative journalism exposes ongoing corruption in the US Congress, falsely claiming that four federally owned dams are crucial to the Northwest power grid, while hiding the fact that an ecosystem collapse is in progress. At stake are Idaho' Salmon and Steelhead runs -- once among the greatest runs in the world -- and the salmon-eating Southern Resident Orcas facing imminent extinction.
Cast
Ken Balcomb
Self
Ed Chaney
Self
Nakia Williamson-Cloud
Self
Howard Garrett
Self
Dr. Deborah Giles
Self
Rosie Cayou James
Self
Doug Johnson
Self
Kevin Lewis
Self
Raynell Morris
Self
Chris Pinney
Self
Jim Waddell
Self
Crew
- John Carlos FreyDirector · Writer · Producer
- James CudeWriter
- Carol MontgomeryExecutive Producer
- Scott LevyExecutive Producer
- Rob GokeeOriginal Music Composer
- James CudeEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 22, 2025
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Budget
- $500,000
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime, History
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