Progressivism: the response to industrialization In this paper, the film Cadillac Desert is analyzed comprehensively. Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature is essentially a 4-part documentary series on the subject of politics, water, money as well as the transformation of nature. Linda Harrar and Jon Else were the producers and directors of this 1997 film. The movie documentary accounts the expansion of an extensive community within the western American desert. Water is the theme that runs in each of the 4 episodes of Cadillac Desert. Floyd Dominy, Barry Goldwater, Robert Towne, Alfre Woodard and David Brower are the main actors.