Contains 30 minutes of bonus material, including deleted scenes and an interview with the filmmaker. The film was first screened on october 9, 2008, at the vancouver international. The film contains of multiple interviews 35 from a wide pool of people from. World water wars 2009 an indepth examination shows waters impact on the whole world. Bluegoldwateressay p film reflection world water wars. October 4, 2010 blue gold world water wars water is the most essential element for life.
You cannot make peace with thirsty people wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. World water wars is directed by sam bozzo and based on the book blue gold. This french documentary is about the american multinational monsanto. World water wars by samuel vartek on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Wow we rly do live in a sick world cuz 3% of earths water is fresh water and have the french privatizing water since the time of napoleon napoleon lived 1769 1814. Restoring the hydrological cycle sounds overwhelming, but in reality it neednt be. This is water blue gold world water wars by kangen water boise on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. World water wars is a 2008 documentary film directed, coproduced, and cowritten by sam bozzo, based on the book blue gold. 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. In the current exploration of the universe, when we are searching for any kind of life form, we tend first to look for water. Maude barlow is national chair of the council of canadians and tony clarke is executive director of the polaris institute, another canadian organization.
World water wars examines the problems created by the privatisation and commercialisation of the worlds water supplies and asks what this means as the resource dwindles and demand grows the film is based on the book titled blue gold. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke, this film offers plenty of credible evidence. With jim olson, tony clarke, maude barlow, octavio rosas lando. One of the musts is to restore the hydrological cycle i. World water wars 2009 starring malcolm mcdowell on dvd and bluray. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water. World water wars by sam bozzo based on the 2003 book blue gold.
Both maude and tony have been heavily involved in the fight for clean water for decades, and you see a lot of them in this movie. Director the documentary is based off the book blue gold. Awardwinning featured documentary narrated by malcolm mcdowell. World water wars, was an informative movie that explored various aspects of water issues around the world. The film examines the problems created by the privatization and commoditization of water.
An indepth examination shows waters impact on the whole world. An awardwinning documentary sheds light on the worlds rapidly approaching water crisis and suggests that wars of the future may be. The right to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by tony clarke and maude barlow who are both interview extensively in the film. In this report, i will try to put some the good points about and the most examples of misinformation. By the way, paris, france, where veolias parent company was. The movie blue goldworld water wars is based on the book written by maude barlow and tony clarke.
Of this freshwater, twothirds is locked up in ice caps and glaciers. Based off the book, written by maude barlow and tony clark, water wars first investigates what our current water problems are and how they affect the human race on a global scale. This award winning documentary directed by sam bozzo is based on the book blue gold. World water wars discusses the importance of the global water crisis that we are in currently. His first documentary focuses on computer hackers, produced by triggerstreet productions and narrated by kevin spacey. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions. World water wars, his second feature documentary which he shot in nearly a dozen countries. The term privatization covers a wide spectrum of water utility operations, management, and ownership arrangements. Onethird is in liquid form either underground in aquifers and rock pores or aboveground in lakes, rivers, soil, wetlands, and living organisms. There have indeed been many films made recently on what might very well be the hottest.
Wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil. World water wars works best as a smallscreen educational docu that. Water is one of the most common things on earth, but the supply of fresh water on this planet is limited, and as the worlds population expands, the demands of industry increase and pollution contaminates more and more of our natural resources. Based on the groundbreaking book, this pbs documentary explores the politics and conflicts surrounding the commodification and power. Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena.
The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude. 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. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Global warming is an issue of how we live, the water crisis is an issue of if we live. The malaysian government even proposed the death penalty for anyone caught contaminating water. World water wars, based on the book of the same name, we follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to u. The right to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke. Directed by sam bozzo and released in 2008, the film was inspired by the book blue gold. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our. The dvd was recommended to me by a patron at the library where i work. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters. Blue gold the global water crisis and the commodification of the worlds water supply revised edition spring, 2001 author. Unfortunately, talking about the water crisis isnt just muttering about a gloom and doom prediction of what could happen if.
The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water, maude barlow and tony clarke take a comprehensive look at the state of the worlds water condition and respond to the push to privatize the fresh water supplies as the solution to meeting the worlds water needs. Barlow and clarke begin the book by examining the eco. World water wars awardwinning documentary based on the groundbreaking book, narrated by malcolm mcdowell, and distributed by pbs video. Based on the groundbreaking book, this pbs documentary explores the politics and conflicts surrounding the commodification and. The right to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water. It argues that in the future, wars will be fought over water supplies because a. Alternately political and apolitical, pessimistic and optimistic but rarely, if ever, cinematic sam bozzos blue gold. The fight to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clark.
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