BLM Dispatch #26 - A Short Film from Nevada's BLM Lands
Back in May, when Representatives Mark Amodei and Celeste Maloy slipped in a surprise amendment to authorize the sale of BLM lands in Nevada and Utah, the headlines focused on the sheer numbers — 540,385 acres marked for sell-off. What was missing was any sense of the places themselves.
So my friend Roberto and I went to see them. If these lands were going to be handed to the highest bidder, the least we could do was bear witness, to create a record of what stands to be lost
While I focused on still photographs, Roberto gathered moving images. The result is a four-minute short — a quiet passage through sagebrush, rivers, mountains, and wildflowers, woven with a reading from The Enduring Wild…
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