Drowned Land | Official Trailer
Preview: Season 11 Episode 1103 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A filmmaker probes dams, displacement, and family legacy.
In Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation, a proposed hydro-power plant on the Kiamichi River sparks a deeper inquiry into history and inheritance. As residents work to protect the river, the filmmaker investigates generations of displacement since the Trail of Tears—and her grandfather’s role designing dams that reshaped Native lands—examining memory, responsibility, and survival.
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, National Endowment for the Arts, and Wyncote Foundation.
Drowned Land | Official Trailer
Preview: Season 11 Episode 1103 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
In Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation, a proposed hydro-power plant on the Kiamichi River sparks a deeper inquiry into history and inheritance. As residents work to protect the river, the filmmaker investigates generations of displacement since the Trail of Tears—and her grandfather’s role designing dams that reshaped Native lands—examining memory, responsibility, and survival.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipShe's the heart.
She's our home.
Provides life.
She's everything to who we are as people from this place.
And our connection runs through her.
This is going to have generational impacts.
You have generations of ancestors that you may possibly be letting down to try to protect the Kiamichi River.
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Clip: S11 Ep1103 | 1m 41s | Sandy visits the sacred birthplace of the Kiamichi River. (1m 41s)
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Clip: S11 Ep1103 | 1m 55s | Dr. Ken Roberts warns residents about a hydropower project. (1m 55s)
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Support for Reel South is made possible by the ETV Endowment of South Carolina, National Endowment for the Arts, and Wyncote Foundation.