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 GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE: River at Risk will take you on an exhilarating river-rafting adventure down the Colorado River with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and anthropologist Wade Davis as they embark on a critical mission of water conservation and river restoration.
Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor and environmentalist Robert Redford with songs and music by Dave Matthews Band, the film combines science, adventure and breathtaking natural beauty to tell an inspirational story of how ordinary people can make a difference for our parched planet – one that is running out of clean, fresh water so fast that the U.N. estimates that 40% of the world could face life-threatening shortages by the year 2050.
Leading this important expedition are world-renowned river advocate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and celebrated author/anthropologist/explorer Wade Davis, accompanied by their daughters—Kick Kennedy and Tara Davis—for whom this journey will become a moving rite of passage. They are guided by Shana Watahomigie, a member of the Havasupai tribe and the first Native American to become a National Park Ranger and river guide.
 As the explorers float through the breathtaking canyons and crash through raging rapids, they also trace the history of the river. They compare what they see on their trip with photographs taken during explorer John Wesley Powell's courageous second expedition down the river in 1872—and find the landscape dramatically changed. For the two fathers whose life work is so closely connected to water, the expedition is also an opportunity to pass the conservation torch to their daughters, whose generation must face the task of making sure we will all have a share in the earth's fresh water resources.
GRAND CANYON ADVENTURE: River at Risk is produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films and MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation in association with Waterkeeper Alliance and Museum Film Network, presented by Teva and supported by Kohler Co. The film is directed by Greg MacGillivray, produced by Greg MacGillivray, Mark Krenzien, and Shaun MacGillivray, and written by Jack Stephens and Stephen Judson. The score is co-composed by Dave Matthews Band's Stefan Lessard and Steve Wood.
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