On July 25th 2008, a dozen brave Angelenos, led by political satirist and unwitting activist George Wolfe, attempted to navigate down the full 51 miles of the Los Angeles River. This perilous journey was historical not so much in its scope, as in its timing – for the waters of the political system and money interests were about to drown this river in bureaucracy.
Can the hairbrained actions of a small group of citizens affect the decisions of a large governmental agency, and change the course of history?
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Rock the Boat
The 2008 LA River Expedition
a film by
Heather Louise Parker |
producer |
Michael Kuehnert, Thea Lucia Mercouffer |
co-producers |
Trina De Mattei, Yolando Brown MItchell |
associate producers |
director of photography |
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editor |
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composer |
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Tiffany Nathanson, Michael Kuehnert, Thea Mercouffer |
camera operators |
photographer |
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| Colin Heart | production associate |
Nick Fortunato, Kyle Moore, Israel Chavoya, Brandon DelNero |
production assistants |
Special Thanks to: Francis Della Vecchia, Melissa Kann – Cultural Connections Alan Berkowitz Ray Maryam – Old Bank Market and Deli Kelly Layne – Whole Foods Rawfoods Mark Olson – Ocean Kayaks Ross Resnick – Honest Tea Val Bisharat – Clif Bars Jamie Beck and Ueli Rotherbuhler – Sports Chalet Dennis Davis – Europa Bicycle Center The Army Corps of Engineers Lewis MacAdams, Shelly Backlar, Ramona Marks, Alicia Katano and Board Members of FoLar Jenny Price, Mayumi Murashige, Anita Leon, Zaha and Omalina Wolfe, Jilian Boyd, Jose Delgado, Pablo Garahan, Evelyn Wemdel and children, David Japka, Michael Sonntag, Piotr Sobczak and Nancy Adams, Mark Edgar Stephans and Octavio Velez, Barbara Silberbusch and Many, many thanks to the members of the 2008 LA River Expedition for their courage and inspiration: George Wolfe, Jeffrey Tipton, Joe Linton, Hilary Kaplan, Melanie Winter, Colin Heart, Joel Shapiro, Misha Collins, Heather Wylie, Conner Evert, George Boe, Frederick Reimers |
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