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Blue Gold
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Synopsis: On every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an exponential level as population and technology grows. The rampant over development of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth. Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geopolitical map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars. We follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, "This is our revolution, this is our war." A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive? "Sounds the same sweeping alarms as Inconvenient Truth, only about our dwindling water supplies." – Toronto Star "Finally, a water film that kicks ass and makes the water crisis story fresh, interesting and accessible. A must see film for every person on the planet." – Greenmuse.com Narrated by Malcolm McDowell Written & Directed by Sam Bozzo Based on the ground-breaking book by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, Documentary | HD | 90 minutes | 2008 | USA |