Flow for love of water

Starr, Steven, 1957- (Added Author). Salina, Irena, 1968- (Added Author). Holland, Gill. (Added Author). Tomlinson, Yvette. (Added Author). Dixon, Caitlin. (Added Author). Group Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Investigates the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply from the perspective of politics, economics, pollution and environmental issues, human rights, public health, and the effects of corporate greed and apathetic governments. Features interviews with scientists and activists, who discuss the water crisis at both the global and human scale. Also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies to address the problem.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD)
Edition: Widescreen format.
Publisher: [Toronto] : Mongrel Media, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Irena Salina ; producer, Steven Starr ; co-producers, Gill Holland, Yvette Tomlinson ; editors, Caitlin Dixon, Madeleine Gavin, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Christophe Julien ; cinematography, Pablo de Selva, Irena Salina.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, Region 0; Dolby digital stereo. or 5.1 surround; anamorphic widescreen format (1:78:1 aspect ratio).