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
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 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