Doc Days 2026

THE LAKE

Directed by Abby Ellis

USA, 2025, 1h 28min, DCP

Doc Days 2026

There are no current or future screenings planned for this film.

Featuring an in-person Q&A with producer Fletcher Keyes, moderated by UT Austin’s Dr. Jay Banner, F.M. Bullard Professor at the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences in the Jackson School of Geosciences and Director of the Environmental Science Institute.

Salt Lake City, Utah, imminently faces an unimaginable environmental catastrophe: the draining of the Great Salt Lake. THE LAKE embeds itself with scientists, government staffers, and politicians who throw themselves into the center of the crisis where religion, land rights, politics, and science collide. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

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This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.

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