Drowning River
When rising folk singer and starlet, Katie Lee, left Hollywood in 1954 and arrived in the untamed canyon lands of Arizona and Utah, the direction of her life changed forever. "Drowning River" captures the spirit of Katie Lee, a fighter for the cause of saving her beloved Glen Canyon from being drowned and forgotten under the rising waters of Lake Powell Reservoir. From folk song to protest song, Katie Lee, along with friends Edward Abbey, Tad Nichols, and Chuck Bowden photographed and wrote a plethora of appeals to spare one of the most beautiful canyons on the planet.
Greatly influenced by Ed Abbey, author of the popular "Monkey Wrench Gang" and reflective "Desert Solitaire", Katie Lee has devoted her life and art to the canyon so few people ever knew.