Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Blue gold explores the trend of cities developing new homes and other construction with little concern over whether the areas water supply can sustain the new population. Vancouver international film festival 2008 winner most popular environmental film. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to. He is one of a wave of nonfiction feature filmmakers reaching large international audiences through mainstream theatres, tv, dvd, and the internet. Military control of water emerges and a new geopolitical map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars. Blue gold the global water crisis and the commodification of the world s water supply revised edition spring, 2001 author. Both maude and tony have been heavily involved in the fight for clean water for decades. The film was created by sam bozzo, an independent filmmaker in. The most incredible story to date is that of martin robertson of ideas in motion. Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are over oil today, as our blue gold, the source of human survival, enters the global marketplace and political arena as a commodity to be sought out, fought over, and conquered.
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World water wars 2008 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Access is from leaks from large meteor impacts and they all know. Audience reaction to blue gold has been great, and i am thrilled with the requests that come in to organize community screenings. Awardwinning documentary explores global loss of fresh water supplies, the politics behind water ownership, and potential consequences of fresh water scarcity. The total running time of the film is eightynine minutes, and the film is not rated nr. The film is narrated by acting legend malcom mcdowell. World water wars works best as a smallscreen educational docu that. Contains 30 minutes of bonus material, including deleted scenes and an interview with the filmmaker. Ismail serageldin, vicepresident of the world bank. Both maude and tony have been heavily involved in the fight for clean water for decades, and you see a lot of. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke. He coproduced finally, a water film that kicks ass and makes the water crisis story fresh, interesting and accessible. Wall street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. World water wars 2008serves as a caution for all of us, its the time to conserve our water in our daily lives.
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In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. Published on jan 28, 2010 important deleted scene from the awardwinning documentary blue gold. World water wars is a wakeup call for public action. Awardwinning featured documentary narrated by malcolm mcdowell. The film was first screened on october 9, 2008, at the. World water wars discusses the importance of the global water crisis that we are in currently. The right to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke. This is not a film about saving the environment, not synced its a film about saving ourselves. The film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water. Bluegoldwateressay p film reflection world water wars blue. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clark. Maude barlow national chairperson, council of canadians chair, ifg committee on the globalization of water the wars of the next century will be about water.
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