LPIRG presents a screening of the film BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS on
Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7pm in Galileo's Gallery. All are welcome, admission is
free, and refreshments will be served. This screening is part of the
Cinema Politica Film Series, presented every Tuesday evening at 7pm in
Galileo's Gallery.
Blue Gold: World Water Wars
Sam Bozzo / USA / 2008
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. The rampant overdevelopment of
agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water
well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the
earth.
Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water
supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk
water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and
political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political
map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.
We follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic
right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N.
conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools.
As Maude Barlow proclaims, “This is our revolution, this is our war”. A
line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?
