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Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust [Available on various VOD platforms and played May 28 as part of AARP's Movies for Grownups.] Wonderful cinematography highlights Ann Kaneko's educational, enlightening, eye-opening, disturbing, 85-minute documentary that examines the indigenous communities and ranchers in Manzanar, Calif., who are fighting for their water rights in Payahuunadü, explores the history of the incarceration of Japanese Americans in the Owens Valley during WWII, and describes the fight by environmentalists, Manzanar site advocates, and local residents to prevent the Los Angeles Water and Power Department from erecting large-scale solar facilities in Owens Valley and consists of insightful commentary by Paiute-Shoshone Indian Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, Manzanar committee members Sue Embrey and Warren Furutani, Sue Embrey's son Bruce and granddaughter Monica Mariko, Manzanar National Historical Site park ranger Rose Masters, incarcerated Japanese American Henry Nishi, Owens Valley committee members (such as Mary Roper, Nancy Masters, and Mark Lacey), Kathy Jefferson Bancroft's aunt Beverly Newell, and TreePeople founder Andy Lipkis.   Redhead: Year: 2021 Rating:  NR View Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust on the Internet Movie Database