| Edition |
[Widescreen]. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, all regions, NTSC; Dolby 5.1 surround or Dolby stereo., anamorphic widescreen format (1:78:1). |
| Credits |
Cinematography by Pablo de Selva, Irena Salina ; editors, Caitlin Dixon, Madeleine Gavin, Andrew Mondshein ; music by Christophe Julien. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. |
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Special features: optional audio commentary by Salina & Dixon; 3 deleted scenes; 5 expanded interviews (with Maude Barlow, Jean Luc Touly, Vandana Shiva, Oscar Olivera, Basil Bold); 2 activism featurettes; excerpt from "City water supply" (1941); excerpt from "Water" (1953); trailer. |
| Summary |
"Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis ... begging the question: Can anyone really own water?"--Container. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Terms Of Use |
"Licensed only for private home use, in-store rental or library purposes"--Container. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Water utilities -- Deregulation.
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Bottled water industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Starr, Steven, 1957- Producer.
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Salina, Irena, 1968- Director.
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Dixon, Caitlin. Film editor.
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Julien, Christophe, 1972- Composer.
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Group Entertainment (Firm)
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Oscilloscope Pictures.
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| Added Title |
For love of water |
| Note |
Subtitle on original sleeve: How did a handful of corporations steal our water? |
| Standard No. |
896602002029 |
| Music No. |
OSC-002 Oscilloscope Pictures |
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OSC 2 Oscilloscope Pictures |
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