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Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig examines the big business of bottled water. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims...

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Corporate Authors: Atlas Films, Disinformation Company
Other Authors: Soechtig, Stephanie (Producer, Director, Scenarist), Gibson, Sarah (Producer), Lindsey, Jason (Director, Film editor, Scenarist), David, Josh (Scenarist), Millikan, Michael (Cinematographer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Disinformation Co., [2010]
Subjects:
Bottled water industry > Environmental aspects > United States.
Bottled water industry > Social aspects.
Water-supply > Economic aspects > United States.
Water-supply > United States > Management.
Bottled water > Health aspects.
Bottled water > Social aspects.
Water resources development > Social aspects.
Drinking water > United States.
Right to water > United States.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
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Summary:Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig examines the big business of bottled water. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water. Here is a powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry.
Item Description:Originally produced as a documentary film in 2009.
"This film is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative."--Container.
Extras: Central Valley and agriculture; Chemicals in the water; Infrastructure; OC water (sewer water treatment); Oil and water; Privatization; World water crisis.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 0, NTSC; 1.78:1 widescreen; Dolby Digital.
Audience:Not rated.
Awards:Winner, Gold Kahuna Award, Honolulu International Film Festival, 2010; Winner, Best of Fest, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Best Documentary, Anchorage International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Best Documentary, Eugene International Film Festival, 2009; Winner, Best Documentary, Charleston International Film Festival, 2010.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Michael Millikan ; editor, Jason Lindsey ; music, Jason Brandt.
ISBN:9781934708583
1934708585
Access:For face-to-face teaching only, no public performance license.

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