| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 83 min.)) : sound, color |
| Performer |
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 Corporation), 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. |
| Credits |
Directed by Irena Salina. |
| Summary |
This award-winning documentary investigates what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century: the world water crisis. Building a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply, the director focuses on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| 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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Water resources development.
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Privatization -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Corporations -- Corrupt practices.
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| Added Author |
Starr, Steven, 1957- film producer.
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Salina, Irena, 1968- film director, director of photography, commentator.
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Nemeth, Stephen, film producer.
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Feeney, Caroleen, film producer.
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Jaffe, Lee, film producer.
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Holland, Augusta Brown, film producer.
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Dixon, Caitlin, editor of moving image work, commentator.
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Gavin, Madeleine, editor of moving image work.
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Mondshein, Andrew, editor of moving image work.
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Julien, Christophe, 1972- composer (expression)
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De Selva, Pablo, director of photography.
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Barlow, Maude, interviewee.
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Touly, Jean-Luc, interviewee.
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Shiva, Vandana, interviewee.
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Olivera, Oscar, interviewee.
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Bold, Basil, interviewee.
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| Note |
Title on original outer sleeve: Flow, how did a handful of corporations steal our water? |
| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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| Music No. |
MWT10830056 |
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