‘What the River Knows’

HOOD RIVER — Glen Canyon Institute and Friends of the White Salmon River will present “What the River Knows,” a documentary about the re-emergence of Glen Canyon from beneath Lake Powell, at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in the Columbia Center for the Arts Theater, 215 Cascade Ave., in downtown Hood River. A panel discussion and audience Q&A will follow the screening.

Directed by Will Buckley and Diego Riley of Good Intentions Paving Co. and produced in collaboration with Glen Canyon Institute, the 34-minute film documents a landscape returning after decades underwater. As water levels in Lake Powell drop, a canyon once called a lost Eden is coming back into view, revealing both the consequences of past decisions and a possible new path forward for the Colorado River.

The film examines this pivotal moment in which the urgent need to rethink water management aligns with an opportunity to restore a remarkable landscape and a flooded ancestral homeland. Amid difficult conversations about climate change and the Colorado River crisis, “What the River Knows” offers a story of nature’s resilience.

The screening carries special resonance in the Columbia River Gorge, where Friends of the White Salmon works to protect and restore the White Salmon River.

Tickets are $15 and are available at: www.ColumbiaArts.org.