Film screening: Manzanar, Diverted: When Water becomes Dust

Mon 2/13/2023 • 6PM - 9PM PST

UCLA James Bridges Theater - Melnitz 1409

MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST follows intergenerational women from three communities who defend their land, their history and their culture from the insatiable thirst of Los Angeles. Native Americans, Japanese American World War II incarcerees and environmentalists form an alliance to preserve Payahuunadu¨ (Owens Valley), “the land of flowing water.”