The Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group presents a screening of the film BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS on Tuesday, Dec. 9th 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. The next film will be on January 13th.
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?
This screening of Blue Gold is a feedback screening. The film maker, Sam Bozzo, is cutting a 52 minute television version of the film and would love audience feedback as to what scenes to cut. Please go to the film's website to contact Sam with your comments.
www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com
