The web team at the Sundance Channel is putting in some long hours getting The Green site ready for its third season (which launches on April 21st). Among the new web features: “H.2O,” a collection of animated shorts from artists around the world, interspersed with clips from the documentary FLOW: FOR THE LOVE OF WATER (which will also air on the 21st).
Billed as “the scariest movie at the Sundance Film Festival” by Wired, FLOW examines the world water crisis, and juxtaposes the diminishing supply of drinking water around the world with the increase in water privatization. With access to clean water shaping up as a major issue for the 21st century, this is a must-see film.
Check out “H.2O” by heading over to The Green and clicking on the button in the header (there’s also a tab directly above the video window). You can also learn more about FLOW by visiting the film’s official site. While on The Green site, check out some of the other new programming slated for this season, including ECO TRIP and CARBON COPS.
April 17th, 2009 - 2:50 am
We are just one drought away from disaster in each country (with a few exceptions). Thank you for pointing out the film and the other sites you provided.
April 17th, 2009 - 12:41 pm
Thanks, David! Some of the shorts are really provocative, too…
April 17th, 2009 - 6:20 pm
FLOW’s director Irena Salina is wonderful; I just had the opportunity to interview her for GreenTalk Radio: http://bluelivingideas.com/podcasts/gtr-documenting-the-global-water-crisis-with-flow-director-irena-salina/
Sean
April 17th, 2009 - 8:52 pm
Looks like a good documentary. I wish it weren’t angled as “the scariest movie” since I think that makes people suspicious of fear mongering, but I’m sure it has a valid and important message.
April 19th, 2009 - 8:15 pm
thanks for the airing this important film!
April 20th, 2009 - 11:27 am
This issue is really terrifying and the video shorts The Green will be exhibiting hopefully will begin to shake people up and realize how important access to clean water is and the connection to our environmental habits.
Your readers may be interested in learning about Shalini Kantayya, an up-and-coming activist filmmaker who created the futuristic film, a DROP of LIFE, which is another powerful story about the growing life-threatening divide between people who can afford this vital resource and those who cannot (http://tiny.cc/fCFj7). She is touring universities right now talking about the film and the issue.
April 20th, 2009 - 11:59 am
Thanks for the head up, Deron… just watched the trailer, and it looks like a powerful film…
April 22nd, 2009 - 1:58 pm
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