FLOW: How Did A Handful Of Corporations Steal Our Water? Film, T-burg Fire Hall

Friday, February 13, 7pm at the Fire Hall:

FLOW: How Did A Handful Of Corporations Steal Our Water?

Run time: 84 min. Open discussion to follow.

One of the most important under-the-radar movements of our generation is the appropriation of the commons by private interests. Although this has been going on since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, it has been institutionalized and globalized under the guise of the IMF, WTO and World Bank. Of particular
concern to our region, because of its proximity to large stores of fresh water, is the taking of water resources by private corporations for bottling and selling as “spring water”. Water is a primary target for privatization, and is being agressively pursued worldwide. Flow examines this phenomenon.

From the website (www.flowthefilm.com):

Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis.

Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel.

Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis, at both the global and human scale, and the film introduces many of the governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, while begging the question “CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?”

Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies, which are fast becoming blueprints for a successful global and economic turnaround.

See you there!

Margo Alexander
René Carver
Michael Dineen
Joan Ormondroyd
Jan Quarles

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