America has built over seventy-five thousand dams—the equivalent of one per day since the Jefferson administration. This history, the legacy of hydropower, and the impact on thousands of years of life built around fishing wild salmon feature in this beautifully rendered film. DamNation follows the growing and increasingly successful movement to undo the dams and restore long-standing fisheries, by both legal means and guerilla tactics, as it squares off with politicians in the Northwest. Will there be an abrupt halt to the dismantling of the dams? Can the salmon return? The answers are explored amidst a swirl of unfolding protests and reflections.  DS