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Drowned Land

Drowned Land_Tower at Sardis Dam over lake

In the Choctaw Nation of rural Oklahoma, a group of unintentional activists seeks to end a legacy of environmental exploitation to protect the Kiamichi River.

Funding Type

Development

Headshot of Drownedland director, Colleen Thurston
Colleen Thurston

Director/Producer

Colleen Thurston is a non-fiction filmmaker and educator from Tulsa, Oklahoma. As an Indigenous storyteller, her work explores the relationships between humans and the natural world, and often focuses on Native stories and perspectives. Colleen is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation and a seventh generation Oklahoman.