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8th August 2007
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Film: Thirst (DVD 2 copies)
Link to synopsis of the movie Thirst: http://www.thirstthemovie.org/summary.html
Film: Dead in The Water (NFB DVD, 1 copy)
Link to synopsis of the movie Dead in the Water: http://www.nfb.ca/press-room/photo-gallery/film.php?id=518782&gal=new
Water Detectives (National Film Board)
The city of Matamoros, Mexico gets all of its water from the Rio Bravo. When the river dried up a few years ago the city woke up to the possibility of losing their water supply.
In order to create a new 'culture of water' the Water Detectives were born, children whose job it was to monitor the use of water, reporting waste and educating adults about water conservation.
The result: an 18% reduction in water use in the first year of the program, and a generation of children who will never use water the way their parents did.
Length: 11min 13sec
Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
National Film Board of Canada
Into the sewer every day. The billions of litres of water,combined with unknown quantities of chemicals, solvents, heavy metals, human waste and food,where does it all go? And what does it do to us?
From ancient times, countries have chosen the sewer to get rid of household and industrial waste, yet the contaminants we flush resurface in our food chain. Fish swim through waste water dumped into rivers, while sewage sludge is spread on farmland as fertilizer.
Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United States and Canada, this bold documentary questions whether the sewer is actually compounding our waste problems. While scientists warn of links between sewage practices and potential health risks, activists, engineers and concerned citizens challenge our fundamental attitudes to waste. Does our need to dispose of waste take precedence over public safety? What are the alternatives?
2003, 52 min 43 s
Video - A Journey in the History of Water
Year of publication: 2003
Tvedt, T. ; Dale, T. (2002).
A journey in the history of water. Bergen, Norway : Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen ; Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 videos (180 min) The video series, based on the television series 'History of Water' which won the Grand Prix on the 17th International Environment Film Festival, is made for educational purposes and is meant to broaden general information about water. It tells the dramatic story of how the struggle for fresh water has shaped human society to a remarkable extent. It brings the viewer to more than 20 countries across the world and shows in fascinating variety how people have coped with what is societies' lifeblood - water. The series is divided in four programmes of 45 minutes exploring different themes pertaining to the importance of water. Part I, The Struggle, shows that no society can exist without water. Part II, The Energy, describes the different uses of hydropower. Part III, The Myths, explains the role of water in myths and religious rituals. Part IV, The Conflicts, relate to the water issue in conflicts.
WATER, WATER
Water, Water is a three-part series that exposes today's growing water crisis around the world. We travel from the deserts of Africa to the far west of China, to the south west of the United States and to the rain forests of British Columbia with award-winning author Marq de Villiers. What is water? Why is it so important to us? And what can we do to ensure that our water supply is clean and plentiful? Four Square Productions and Marq de Villiers bring you the answers in this stunning film. The series was broadcast on Discovery Channel Canada and will be broadcast on SCN in Saskatchewan. It is being marketed around the world. It won the best Scientific/Technical/Environmental/Adventure film award at Showcase Saskatchewan 2005. At the same festival it won the best editing award.
THE WATER FRONT
Synopsis
Water is the liquid gold of the 21st century. While corporations urge local governments to privatize municipal water, communities around the world are organizing to ensure affordable access to this life sustaining resource. THE WATER FRONT is the story of one community's determination to fight the seemingly inevitable path of water privatization.
Highland Park, Michigan – the birthplace of mass production is a post-industrial city on the verge of financial collapse. The state of Michigan has appointed an Emergency Financial Manager to fix the crisis. The Manager sees the water plant, which Ford built in 1917 to support his auto industry, as key to economic recovery. She has raised water rates and has implemented severe measures to collect on bills. As a result, Highland Park residents have received water bills as high as $10,000, they have had their water turned off, their homes foreclosed, and are struggling to keep water, a basic human right, from becoming privatized. THE WATER FRONT follows the personal story of Vallory Johnson, who transforms her anger into an emotional grassroots campaign, defending affordable water as a human right.
THE WATER FRONT is not just about water, but touches on the very essence of our democratic system. The film presents a community in crisis but it also presents the powerful enactment of local participation in finding solutions to the problems of our times.
This community portrait is also an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world as cities look to update water systems and face increasingly complex issues such as water shortages and implications of the bottled water industry.
The film raises questions such as; who determines the future of shared public resources? What are alternatives to water privatization? How will we maintain our public water systems and who can we hold accountable?
An Inconvenient Truth
A global warning - Al Gore
2 hours in length.
Dead in the Water
There's a problem with the world's water supply. One in four people on earth don't have access to clean drinking water. Many governments lack either the resources or the will to provide this essential commodity to their citizens.
In recent years, a number of powerful companies have spotted this crisis and seen a business opportunity. And, from the desserts of California to the streets of Soweto, and several other cities and towns throughout the world, often with the involvement of the World bank and the International Monetary Fund, they have attempted to privatize what many consider a public trust.
52 minutes in length
Link to synopsis of the movie Thirst: http://www.thirstthemovie.org/summary.html
Film: Dead in The Water (NFB DVD, 1 copy)
Link to synopsis of the movie Dead in the Water: http://www.nfb.ca/press-room/photo-gallery/film.php?id=518782&gal=new
Water Detectives (National Film Board)
The city of Matamoros, Mexico gets all of its water from the Rio Bravo. When the river dried up a few years ago the city woke up to the possibility of losing their water supply.
In order to create a new 'culture of water' the Water Detectives were born, children whose job it was to monitor the use of water, reporting waste and educating adults about water conservation.
The result: an 18% reduction in water use in the first year of the program, and a generation of children who will never use water the way their parents did.
Length: 11min 13sec
Crapshoot: The Gamble with Our Wastes
National Film Board of Canada
Into the sewer every day. The billions of litres of water,combined with unknown quantities of chemicals, solvents, heavy metals, human waste and food,where does it all go? And what does it do to us?
From ancient times, countries have chosen the sewer to get rid of household and industrial waste, yet the contaminants we flush resurface in our food chain. Fish swim through waste water dumped into rivers, while sewage sludge is spread on farmland as fertilizer.
Filmed in Italy, India, Sweden, the United States and Canada, this bold documentary questions whether the sewer is actually compounding our waste problems. While scientists warn of links between sewage practices and potential health risks, activists, engineers and concerned citizens challenge our fundamental attitudes to waste. Does our need to dispose of waste take precedence over public safety? What are the alternatives?
2003, 52 min 43 s
Video - A Journey in the History of Water
Year of publication: 2003
Tvedt, T. ; Dale, T. (2002).
A journey in the history of water. Bergen, Norway : Centre for Development Studies, University of Bergen ; Oslo, Norway, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 videos (180 min) The video series, based on the television series 'History of Water' which won the Grand Prix on the 17th International Environment Film Festival, is made for educational purposes and is meant to broaden general information about water. It tells the dramatic story of how the struggle for fresh water has shaped human society to a remarkable extent. It brings the viewer to more than 20 countries across the world and shows in fascinating variety how people have coped with what is societies' lifeblood - water. The series is divided in four programmes of 45 minutes exploring different themes pertaining to the importance of water. Part I, The Struggle, shows that no society can exist without water. Part II, The Energy, describes the different uses of hydropower. Part III, The Myths, explains the role of water in myths and religious rituals. Part IV, The Conflicts, relate to the water issue in conflicts.
WATER, WATER
Water, Water is a three-part series that exposes today's growing water crisis around the world. We travel from the deserts of Africa to the far west of China, to the south west of the United States and to the rain forests of British Columbia with award-winning author Marq de Villiers. What is water? Why is it so important to us? And what can we do to ensure that our water supply is clean and plentiful? Four Square Productions and Marq de Villiers bring you the answers in this stunning film. The series was broadcast on Discovery Channel Canada and will be broadcast on SCN in Saskatchewan. It is being marketed around the world. It won the best Scientific/Technical/Environmental/Adventure film award at Showcase Saskatchewan 2005. At the same festival it won the best editing award.
THE WATER FRONT
Synopsis
Water is the liquid gold of the 21st century. While corporations urge local governments to privatize municipal water, communities around the world are organizing to ensure affordable access to this life sustaining resource. THE WATER FRONT is the story of one community's determination to fight the seemingly inevitable path of water privatization.
Highland Park, Michigan – the birthplace of mass production is a post-industrial city on the verge of financial collapse. The state of Michigan has appointed an Emergency Financial Manager to fix the crisis. The Manager sees the water plant, which Ford built in 1917 to support his auto industry, as key to economic recovery. She has raised water rates and has implemented severe measures to collect on bills. As a result, Highland Park residents have received water bills as high as $10,000, they have had their water turned off, their homes foreclosed, and are struggling to keep water, a basic human right, from becoming privatized. THE WATER FRONT follows the personal story of Vallory Johnson, who transforms her anger into an emotional grassroots campaign, defending affordable water as a human right.
THE WATER FRONT is not just about water, but touches on the very essence of our democratic system. The film presents a community in crisis but it also presents the powerful enactment of local participation in finding solutions to the problems of our times.
This community portrait is also an unnerving indication of what is in store for residents around the world as cities look to update water systems and face increasingly complex issues such as water shortages and implications of the bottled water industry.
The film raises questions such as; who determines the future of shared public resources? What are alternatives to water privatization? How will we maintain our public water systems and who can we hold accountable?
An Inconvenient Truth
A global warning - Al Gore
2 hours in length.
Dead in the Water
There's a problem with the world's water supply. One in four people on earth don't have access to clean drinking water. Many governments lack either the resources or the will to provide this essential commodity to their citizens.
In recent years, a number of powerful companies have spotted this crisis and seen a business opportunity. And, from the desserts of California to the streets of Soweto, and several other cities and towns throughout the world, often with the involvement of the World bank and the International Monetary Fund, they have attempted to privatize what many consider a public trust.
52 minutes in length
Thirst
Dead In The Water
