DamNation

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{{Infobox film

| name = Damnation

| image = DAMNATION poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Official poster

| director = {{Plain list |

• Travis Rummel
• Ben Knight

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| producer = {{Plain list |

• Matt Stoecker
• Travis Rummel

}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films/show/1154 |title=Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital |access-date=2014-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714132157/http://www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org/films/show/1154 |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead }}

| writer =

| narrator =

| music =

| cinematography = {{Plain list |

• Ben Knight
• Travis Rummel
• Matt Stoecker

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| editing = Ben Knight

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| released = {{Film date|2014|03|10|SXSW}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

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DamNation is a 2014 documentary directed by Ben Knight and Travis Rummel. It is an advocacy documentary film about the changing attitudes in the United States concerning the large system of dams in the country. The film follows the Restoration of the Elwha River, as well as a variety of other Dam removal efforts

The film was produced by Patagonia, Inc.,{{cite journal |title=Patagonia's new line of activism is documentary 'DamNation' |journal=L.A. Times |date=May 1, 2014 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-backstage-hollywood-patagonia-damnation-20140501-story.html}} and released on March 10, 2014. Blu-ray and DVD versions were also released in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://damnationfilm.com/ |title=Official website |access-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707232159/http://damnationfilm.com/ |url-status=dead }}

The film takes an explicit point of view in support of the emerging environmental strategy of dam removal as a way to restore river ecosystems.