Lost Springs

Every three or more years, the water behind the Kirkpatrick Dam in north-central Florida is lowered. And allows more than 20 springs to cough back to life for a few months. The film explores themes of loss, wonder, and experience in nature as the inimitable artist, Margaret Ross Tolbert, experiences the magic and beauty of these disappearing forgotten springs left by the state to decay. Tolbert joins experts on a trip up the fabled Ocklawaha River to witness the transient landscape and find the lost springs of the Ocklawaha. The film defends the uniqueness of a river allowed to flow freely, celebrates the springs through Tolbert's paintings, and captivates with a first-ever filmed cave-dive by experts Mark Long and Tom Morris.