Invisible Valley
Nature in Focus: Films for Earth Month
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1h 27m
Directed by Aaron Maurer • Documentary • 2021 • US • English, Spanish with English subtitles
Featuring Congressman Raul Ruiz
"Invisible Valley" weaves together the disparate stories of undocumented farmworkers, wealthy snow- birds, and music festival-goers over the course of a year in California's Coachella Valley. Through intimate glimpses of life on both ends of the Valley, the film uncovers looming environmental and social crises for everyone who calls it home, with dire implications for the rest of the country.
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