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Drowned Land
Season 11
Episode 1103
In Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation, a proposed hydro-power plant on the Kiamichi River sparks a deeper inquiry into history and inheritance. As residents work to protect the river, the filmmaker investigates generations of displacement since the Trail of Tears—and her grandfather’s role designing dams that reshaped Native lands—examining memory, responsibility, and survival.
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