Record details

• Physical Description: 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• Distributor: [New York, N.Y.] : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2008.
• Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:

Anamorphic widescreen format (1:78:1).

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.

Extra features: Deleted scenes: Rocket fuel in U.S. water supply, River linkage in India, South Africa community garden; Expanded interviews: Maude Barlow (author, Blue Gold), Jean Luc Touly (former accountant, Vivendi/Veolia Corp.), Vandana Shiva (physicist, environmental activist), Oscar Olivera (Bolivian activist, leader of 2000 Chochabamba 'water wars'), Basil Bold (managing director, Invensys Metering Systems); Call to resistance: Sunita Narain (fighting the drink companies), Steven Starr (article 31), Online resources; Additional clips: Flow trailer, "City water supply" (1941), "Water" (1953); Audio commentary (with director Irena Salina & editor Caitlin Dixon); DVD credits.

Formatted Contents Note:

Water crisis -- United States : pollutants in water supply -- Agricultural water use -- Atrazine -- Bolivia : Water privatization -- South Africa : pay per use -- South Africa : reconnecting the pipes -- We are the operators -- India : UV infiltration -- Water shortage becomes corporate opportunity -- Bottled water -- The water barons -- Dams : altering ecosystems -- Katse Dam, Lesotho -- World Bank dam projects -- India's water harvesting -- Michigan citizens take Nestlé to court -- Chief Seattle, 1854 -- Plachimada, India : protest against Coca-Cola -- Fighting privatization -- People unite -- Epilogue.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Edited by Caitlin Dixon, Madeleine Gavin, Andrew Mondshein ; music by Christophe Julien ; cinematography by Pablo de Selva, Irena Salina.

Participant or Performer Note:

Commentary by Maude Barlow (author, Blue Gold), Paul Schwartz (National Policy Coordinator, Clean Water Action), Erik D. Olson (fromer senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council), Jim Olson (environmental attorney), William E. Marks (author, The holy order of water), Vandana Shiva (physicist, environmental activist), Tyrone Hayes (biologist, University of California, Berkeley), Marcela Olivera (Bolivian activist), Julian Perez (Federation of Neighborhoods, El Alto), Jim Schultz (founder, Democracy Center, Bolivia), Oscar Olivera (Leader of 2000 Cochabamba "Water Wars"), David Hemson (research director, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa), Michel Camdessus (former director, International Monetary Fund), Ashwin Desai (author, We are the poors), Jean-Luc Touly (former 30 year accountant, Vivendi/Veolia Corp.), Fatima Meer (Nelson Mandela's biographer), Ashok Gadgil (senior staff scientist, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory), Peter H. Gleick (co-founder and president, Pacific Institute), Patrick McCully (executive director, International Rivers Network), Basil Bold (managing director, Invensys Metering Systems), James Wolfensohn (former World Bank president), Holly Wren Spaulding (journalist), Terry Swier (president, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation), Siddharaj Dhadda (Gandhian leader), Shripad Dharmadhikary (Manthan Resource Center, India), and others.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:

"Licensed only for private home use, in-store rental or library purposes"--Container.

Language Note:

In English with optional English subtitles.

Awards Note:

Official selection, 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

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Subject:

Water-supply > Moral and ethical aspects.
Water utilities > Deregulation.
Bottled water industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Water resources development.
Privatization > Moral and ethical aspects.
Corporations > Corrupt practices.
Water supply > political aspects.
Water conservation.
Water use.
Water supply.

Genre:

Feature films > United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.