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Undammed: Amy Cordalis and the Fight to Free the Klamath

Shane Anderson

17 mins | 2024

After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. “Undammed” follows her journey to free the Klamath

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After witnessing a massive fish kill on her ancestral home waters, Yurok tribal attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis dedicated her life to reversing the generations-long destruction wrought by the Klamath River dams. “Undammed” follows her journey to free the Klamath, from testifying before Congress to passing down fishing traditions within her young family. Now that the Klamath dams are finally coming down, she remains confident that the future of her tribe is bright. “It’s not a test,” Bowers Cordalis says of the largest dam-removal project in US history. “It will work.”

Shane Anderson

Shane Anderson

Shane Anderson is a filmmaker and cinematographer working in creative non-fiction. His work has been supported by the Redford Center, the Rogovy Foundation, Patagonia and many foundations in the environmental sector. His work has been featured on BBC, PBS, Netflix, and news outlets worldwide. An avid fisherman and conservationist with a background in fisheries biology and a passion for adventure, Shane carved out his filmmaking niche focusing on salmon recovery, river protection, and socio-environmental justice.


Over the past decade, Shane has produced and directed 7 award-winning feature-length documentaries and over 70 shorts viewed by millions worldwide through PBS broadcasts, streaming platforms, robust festival runs, high school and college classrooms, and environmental conferences. Shane has been honored with Trout  Unlimited’s Communicator of the Year Award (2014), the City of Olympia Heritage Award for films(2021), Shane’s documentary GUARDIANS OF THE RIVER (2021) received the EarthX Impact Award. His most recent short, BRING THE SALMON HOME (2022), was a Jackson Media Award finalist. A RIVERS LAST CHANCE,  CHEHALIS: A WATERSHED MOMENT, and THE LOST SALMON have been broadcast throughout the nation on PBS and have been showcased in dozens of impact campaigns and grassroots efforts across the country.

CREDITS

Director and Producer

Shane Anderson


Editors

Shane Anderson

Will Miller


Directors of Photography

Maya Craig

Seth Hahn


Executive Producers

Monika McClure

Alex Lowther


Creative Producer

Maya Craig


Music Composer

William Ryan Fritch


Assistant Editor

Jesse Clark


Additional Cinematography

Derek Knowles

Edythe McNamee

Katie Falkenberg

Whitney Hassett

Jason Hartwick

Tyler Parker

Josh Murphy


Location Sound Recordist

Daniel Smith


Sound Mix and Design

Bijan Sharifi


Color

James LeJeune


Motion Graphics

Scott Hanshew


Production Coordinator/Assistant

Jessie Sears


Production Consultant

Ashley Bowers


Boat Captains

Jason Hartwick

Will Bowers


Archive

Mattz & Bowers Family Archive

Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative

Stormy Statts

Will Harling

Jim Lockhart

CBS


“Amy’s Grandma’s Song”

Courtesy of the Equator Initiative


Featuring

Amy Bowers Cordalis


Patagonia Films

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