| Description |
1 DVD (62 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Credits |
Editor, Kenji Yamamoto ; music, Fred Firth ; camera, Vicente Franco, Marsha Kahm, Avijit Mukul Kishore. |
| Summary |
The survival of communities is threatened when big business buys the water supply in the third world. This is a look at how water is becoming the catalyst for community resistance to globalization, and at the conflict between public stewardship and private profit. |
| Note |
Special features include: director's commentary ; Spoken Word - Poetry on Water ; Bottle This! - graphic audio essay ; Maude Barlow Speech at Kyoto World Water Forum ; interview with directors ; activist tool kit. |
| Language |
Originally produced in English, Hindi, Tamil and Spanish languages with English subtitles. |
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Subtitles also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. |
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Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Political aspects.
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Water-supply -- Political aspects. |
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Water-supply. |
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects.
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Water-supply -- Economic aspects. |
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Water-supply -- Social aspects.
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Water-supply -- Social aspects. |
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Water resources development -- Political aspects.
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Water resources development -- Political aspects. |
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Water resources development. |
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Water resources development -- Government policy.
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Water resources development -- Government policy. |
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Water resources development -- Citizen participation.
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Water resources development -- Citizen participation. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Water -- Law and legislation.
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Water -- Law and legislation. |
| Genre/Form |
Films for the hearing impaired.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Snitow, Alan.
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Kaufman, Deborah, 1955-
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Yamamoto, Kenji, 1950 March 19-
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Snitow-Kaufman Productions.
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Bullfrog Films.
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