RIVERS – A new documentary about the impact of dams on rivers will be screened Wednesday, April 23, at the Lincoln Center,  1316 N. Lincoln St. in Spokane.

DamNation, by Patagonia, follows the movement that started two decades ago with the removal of a dam in Maine to the more recent projects to remove dams on Washington’s Elwha and White Salmon rivers.

This screening -- the first in the Northwest -- is sponsored by Save Our Wild Salmon and the Spokane Falls Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

The event will feature a no-host bar and a Q & A with the film-makers and local spokespeople after the show. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show at 7.

For more information and to get your tickets online, click here. 

Contact: Sam Mace at sam@wildsalmon.org or (509) 747-2030

DamNation documents the growing movement in the United States to restore rivers by removing dams that can no longer justify their existence.  Produced by Patagonia, Felt Soul Media and Stoecker Ecological, the film shows how far we’ve come in the last 50 years, from assuming all dams are progress to taking out the first major dam on the Kennebec River in Maine.  Celebrating the successes on the Elwha and White Salmon River, the film turns its lens on the four lower Snake River dams in eastern Washington.  Since premiering at SXSW last month, DamNation has been playing to sold out crowds and winning awards at every film festival, including the People’s Choice Award at SXSW and Best Environmental Advocacy Film Award at the DC Environmental Film Festival.