The right to stop the corporate theft of the worlds water by maude barlow and tony clarke. Director the documentary is based off the book blue gold. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions. The most incredible story to date is that of martin robertson of ideas in motion. 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. Blue gold world water wars the documentary film blue gold.
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He is one of a wave of nonfiction feature filmmakers reaching large international audiences through mainstream theatres, tv, dvd, and the internet. World water wars full 1 follower 172 lines get embed code. 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. The movie is broken up into several sections each talking about a.
World water wars is directed by sam bozzo and based on the book blue gold. An interview with film director sam bozzo there are many, many more sources available, and i will be happy to contribute to cleaning up the article though right now i have to be away from the computer for a little while. Sumerians tell a very different version than the historians their words are inexplicable duration. Blue gold covers several important water issues, from pollution and water scarcity to privatization, conservation and bottled water.
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