Deep Water Building the Catskill Water System: Documentary Film Q&A with Filmmaker Tobe Carey

Deep Water: Building the Catskill Water System

Screening and Q&A Session after the film with the filmmaker, Tobe Carey

The building of the Catskill Water System is the tale of heroism and heartbreak, political maneuvering, lost villages, brilliant engineering and a power struggle between New York City and the Catskills. Completed in stages between 1915 and 1926, the Ashokan and Schoharie Reservoirs were built by thousands of stone cutters, bridge builders, railroad workers, tunnel diggers and mule drivers.

It is the story of a city desperate for pure water and the reluctant rural area that was forced to provide it.

Today, the Watershed provides billions of gallons of pure water to New York City. In the time when the world faces severe water shortages, the Catskill system remains one of the most successful water projects of our time.

Hundreds of vintage photographs, rare films and interviews with historians and residents make “Deep Water” a compelling and moving documentary.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/deepwaterashokan/615410941

Doors: 6:30pm

Showtime: 7:00pm

Tickets: $10

https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/phoenicia-playhouse/65f49e03eac664025bf65c40