Flow: For the Love of Water

GR Film Buff Maria Pecot:
Growing up in urban America, water seemed as free flowing as sunlight. It was only after venturing into Central American communities, where not even the locals would dare to drink from the tap, where sometimes water failed to flow from the pipes for days at a time, did I realize, that for much of the world, water is a precious commodity. In the documentary, Flow: For the Love of Water, filmmaker Irena Salina details in great length, the global water crisis, and the steps we can take to mitigate it.

The film visits South African shantytowns and Bolivian villages, where multinational corporations, backed by the World Bank, monopolize clean water at the cost of human suffering. Equally alarming are revelations of pollutants and chemicals creeping into our water sources, disrupting the balance of the eco-system and spawning sickness. Flow presents a frightening snapshot of fish on Prozac, rocket-fuel-tainted drinking water, and what happens when the world allows corporations to control a life sustaining resource.

Beyond grim statistics and heartbreaking personal accounts, Flow offers hope in new technologies and a heightened awareness. This critical documentary brings together the brightest scientists, water experts, and human rights workers in an eloquent plea to save the world’s water. Flow is more then a critique; it’s a call to action.