Water rising: That’s what yakona means in the languages of the indigenous peoples who lived and thrived on the banks of the San Marcos River. It’s also the title of the landmark environmental documentary from Anlo Sepulveda and Paul Collins. A decade after Yakona made its debut at South by Southwest, its lyrical and poetic depiction of a fragile, lifegiving ecosystem seems all the more timely as Texas’ water system becomes ever more unstable in the face of eternal droughts. – Richard Whittaker
