The Public Commons & Access to Water
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009.
12:30 p.m. Film
FLOW: For Love of Water 2008
Introduction/Discussion by NWC Government Professor Donna Rhea
As suggested by W. B. Auden
“Thousands have lived without love; not one without water.”
Irena Salina’s documentary investigates the most important political and environmental situation of the 21st Century – the World Water Crisis. In this expose’ we travel to Bolivia, South Africa, India, and Michigan and in all these places, witness the the essential issues in the” water wars” - privatization, pollution and profit. The film shows people around the world who are being harmed by corporations which claim rights over their water.
An Award-Wining Film that profiles what Michael Klare calls “resource wars”. (93 minutes)
Link for study: http://www.flowthefilm.com/
Comments
Leave a Reply