The title: The Making of Dams of 2011 The movie; a nonfiction short story by Andreas Jussek was derived from the original project; Dams of 2011 The Movie, an UN-narrated audio visual documentary DVD of the historical releases in the spring, summer of 2011 of six major hydro-electric dams situated on the Missouri River basin. The historical release outputs of these structures by the US Army Corps of Engineers has caused major flooding, and is still in controversy over the management of these dams. The short story memoir is a recollection of events that lead up to the creation of the documentary.