Dammed to Extinction (2019)
For eons, a one-of-a-kind population of killer whales has hunted chinook salmon along the Pacific Coast of the United States. For the last 40 years, renowned whale scientist Ken Balcomb has closely observed them. He’s familiar with a deadly pattern, as salmon numbers plummet orcas starve. The orcas need roughly a million salmon a year, where to find a million fish? The solution, says Balcomb, is getting rid of four fish-killing dams 500 miles away on the largest tributary to what once was the largest chinook producing river on earth.
Director: Michael Peterson
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Ken Balcomb as Himself |
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Jeanne Hyde as Herself |
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London Fletcher as Herself |
| Directing | Michael Peterson | Director |
| Writing | Steven Hawley | Writer |
| Sound | Duncan Krummel | Music |
| Editing | Heidi Zimmerman | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Barry Thompson | Animation |
| Editing | Brian Hutchings | Colorist |
| Camera | Shane Anderson | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Sean Parker | Post Production Assistant |