Flow film flowfor love of water 1 what is the world. Water is the essence of life, sustaining every being on this planet. With water drying up around the world and the future of human lives at stake, the film urges a call to arms before more of our most precious natural resource evaporates. Building a case against the growing privatization of the worlds dwindling fresh water supply, the director focuses on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Unitarian universalist fellowship of gainesville 4225 nw 34th street, gainesville flow. The film names and clearly documents many of the culprits, while asking the questioncan anyone really own water. The main argument made in the movie was that water is being treated as any other selling good due to private corporate interests, and a resource like water is common and no one should own it. Without water, there would simply be no plants, no animals, and no people.
Us flow fans can enjoy the same delicious, mineralrich alkaline spring water they love, but with a smaller environmental footprint. For love of water, a documentary about escalating threats to the worlds freshwater supplies, may appear rather prosaic until the enormity of the. Empowering communities and leaders to protect the great lakes. While water wars seem like the concerns of distant communities, experts predict that towns across the us will also soon be struggling to provide clean, affordable water to their citizens. The film features interviews with water and community activists maude barlow, peter gleick, ashok gadgil, william waterway, rajendra singh, and vandana shiva. Also, the film is beautifully made and wellput together. Learn how politics, pollution and human rights are intertwined in this important issue that affects every being on earth. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple faq for additional information.
In spite of its name, flow, a new release from yauchs oscilloscope pictures, has nothing to do with busting dope rhymes, and everything to do with two of yauch. Irena salina directs this featurelength documentary about the industry and consumption of humankinds most precious resource. Earth focused on how the relationships among a group of hindu, muslim, and sikh friends are tested during the partition of pakistan and india water is as poignant and moving as the other two, and as controversial in india. Also a bit more evidence in total would have given this documentary more momentum. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Flow official theatrical trailer oscilloscope laboratories.
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Olson, ashwin desai, peter gleick, holly wren spaulding. We speak with filmmaker irena salina and water rights activist. Shelley su, toxicologist and senior instructor in environmental and occupational health. If you have any interest in your health, the health of your children and of our global civilization then you should borrow flow from your local library or purchase it through amazon. We are still in the process of adding all our videos to this page please check back soon. For love of water, a film about the ofteninvisible and underreported global water crisis. The film zeroes in on a number of cases in which giant conglomerates were literally sucking a regions water supply dry, and getting tax breaks from the local government for the privilege. Irena salinas awardwinning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and.
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