Social Justice Film @ UUCM

In every corner of the globe, and at an exponential level, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water. The rampant over-development of agriculture, housing and industry are all increasing the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the loss of water resources. In addition, corporate giants have forced developing countries to privatize their water supply, and then sell the water back to people at a profit. What is to be done?

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford continues its year-long series of films of social justice with a showing of the documentary “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” on Friday night, October 17th at 7:00 pm in the church Sanctuary, 147 High Street, Medford. It will be free and open to the public.

The 2008 film by Sam Bozzo is based on the book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke. Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, it first screened on October 9, 2008, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won an award for Most Popular Environmental Film. It was also named the Best Documentary at the Newport Beach Film Festival in 2009.

The film follows 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. It then examines environmental and political implications of the planet’s dwindling water supply, and considers the likelihood that future wars will be fought over water. Making a strong case for community action, “Blue Gold” also highlights success stories of water activists around the world.

Join us on October 17th at 7:00 in the Sanctuary of the Medford Unitarian Universalist Church to view this remarkable documentary. Refreshments will be served, and a discussion will follow the film.