Desert Passages

Desert Passages

2026 · 76 min · Documentary

The Colorado River is drying up. Reservoirs are falling to record lows and drought ravages the borderlands of the United States and Mexico. The heavily engineered water systems of the American Southwest buckle under the strain of an expanding population. Life for those on the fringes begins to unravel.

Directed by Laurence Durkin

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