The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes

Year: 1968

Runtime: 17 mins

Language: English

Director: Bill Mason

DocumentaryComedy

Presented as a geographic lesson, the film argues that while the Great Lakes have endured natural highs and lows, the most damaging force has been recent human activity. It follows a lone canoeist who drifts through epochs—from the Ice Age to cataclysmic floods—ultimately becoming trapped in a polluted sea of scum.

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