Blue gold : world water wars /
"Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English French Slovak Spanish Undetermined |
| Language Notes: | In English with some French, Spanish, Slovak, and other various languages with English subtitles or voice over ; Closed-captioned for main feature only. |
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©2009
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| Summary: | "Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they are today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Will ours too?"--container. |
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| Item Description: | Title from credits. "Mark Achbar and Si Litvinoff present" --At head of title. DVD menu does not give any closed captioning options. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Based on the book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke. Special features include trailer, filmmaker interview and deleted scenes. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; letterboxed [widescreen] presentation; region 1; NTSC ; Dolby digital. |
| Production Credits: | Original music, Hannes Bertolini and Thomas Aichinger ; cinematography, Sam Bozzo ; editor, Sam Bozzo. |
| ISBN: | 0793670209 9780793670208 |