Power in the Desert is a documentary that lifts up voices from communities impacted by new lithium developments in Argentina, Chile, and California, highlighting some of the dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities in this moment. This virtual event will be the first public release of the full 55-minute documentary. 
 

Presenters include:

• Emiliano Rodriguez Neusch, Film Director/Producer
• Chris Benner, Director of the Institute for Social Transformation at UC Santa Cruz
• Manuel Pastor, Director of the Equity Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Southern California

The Lithium story is not just confined to Imperial Valley. For the last year, book co-authors, Chris Benner and Manuel Pastor, have been collaborating with Argentine filmmaker and documentarian Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch to create a dialogue between the experience of Lithium Valley in California and the so-called “Lithium Triangle” in Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia. Their conclusion: the future of these regions may be uncertain but the communities there that have too often been left behind and kept behind are linked in their concerns for people and the planet.
 

To get a glimpse of the forthcoming full-length documentary, view the trailer: https://www.chargingforwardbook.org/videos

Co-sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Institute for Social Transformation